The _json parses and writes JSON strings.

Operator methods:

_json.parse

The _json.parse method parses a JSON string into an object.

Arguments

string

The string to parse.

Examples

Parse a JSON string:

_json.parse: '{"key": "Value", "boolean": true, "array": [1, 2]}'

Returns:

key: Value
boolean: true
array:
  - 1
  - 2

_json.stringify

The _json.stringify method creates a JSON string from an object.

Arguments

object

• on: any: The object to stringify.
• options: object: Optional settings.
  • stable: boolean: If set to true, equal objects will be stringified to the same string. Object keys are sorted.
  • space: number | string: Used to insert whitespace to increase legibility. If a number, it is the number of space character to use. If a string, the string is used as whitespace. The default is 2.

Examples

Stringify an object as JSON:

_json.stringify:
  on:
    key: Value
    boolean: true
    array:
      - 1
      - 2

_json.stringify:
  - key: Value
    boolean: true
    array:
      - 1
      - 2

Returns (as a string):

'{
  "key": "Value",
  "boolean": true,
  "array": [
    1,
    2
  ]
}'

Stable option:

_json.stringify:
  on:
    key: Value
    boolean: true
    array:
      - 1
      - 2
  options:
    stable: true

Returns (as a string):

'{
  "array": [
    1,
    2
  ],
  "boolean": true,
  "key": "Value"
}''

Space option:

_json.stringify:
  on:
    key: Value
    boolean: true
    array:
      - 1
      - 2
  options:
    space: 0

Returns '{"key":"Value","boolean":true,"array":[1,2]}'