JSON
Summary
JSON is a native API for parsing and serialising information to the JSON format.
JSON contains two methods: parse
for parsing JSON strings, and stringify
for converting a JavaScript object into JSON.
Properties
No properties.
Methods
- parse
- Parse a JSON string to a JavaScript object.
- stringify
- Export a JavaScript object to a JSON string.
Events
No events.
Examples
Convert a JavaScript object to a string.
var js_object = {
type: "This is a Javascript Object."
};
var json_string = JSON.stringify(js_object);
Parse a JSON string to a JavaScript object.
var json_string = '{type:"This is a JSON Object."}';
var js_object = JSON.parse(json_string);
alert(js_object.type);
Notes
Browsers without JSON support can be polyfilled using third party JavaScript libraries.
Related specifications
- JSON-LD 1.0
- W3C Recommendation