jQuery: Can we use it to serialize a form that returns JSON?

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Can I easily use jQuery or a plugin of jQuery that serializes the data in a form as a JSON instead of a "text string in standard URL-encoded notation"

ref: http://api.jquery.com/serialize/

is this helpful? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1184624/serialize-form-to-json-with-jquery — choise, Oct 27 '11 at 21:18

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 27 '11 at 21:17

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http://api.jquery.com/serializeArray/

answered Oct 27 '11 at 21:17

Dave Newton

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:55

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Convert form data to JavaScript object with jQuery

The json object can then be represented as string with JSON.stringify() function. For compatibility one can use https://github.com/douglascrockford/JSON-js/blob/master/json2.js

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answered Oct 27 '11 at 21:19

FreeCandies

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score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 27 '11 at 21:21

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function serializeToObject(formSerialized)
{
    return $.parseJSON("{" + formSerialized.replace(/=/g, ':').replace(/&/g, ',').replace(/([a-z]):/ig, '"$1":') + "}")
}
var object = serializeToObject($('form').serialize())

answered Oct 27 '11 at 21:21

Joe

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Nice! But I think one would also have to treat special characters that get encoded somehow, no? – Tom Oct 27 '11 at 21:29

jQuery: Can we use it to serialize a form that returns JSON?

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