Dan Cranney

Tips and Tricks for Working with JSON

Did you know JSON.stringify can remove sensitive data? Learn this and other powerful tricks for transforming and cloning objects in JavaScript.

Tips and Tricks for Working with JSON
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Safely parse JSON and handle potential errors

Use a try-catch block around JSON.parse to gracefully handle invalid JSON and prevent application crashes.

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Create a helper function to validate JSON strings

Build a simple helper function that uses a try-catch block to return true or false, indicating if a string is valid JSON.

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Improve JSON readability with pretty printing

Use the third parameter of JSON.stringify to specify the number of spaces for indentation, making the output human-readable.

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Selectively exclude fields using a replacer function

Pass a function as the second argument to JSON.stringify to filter out sensitive or unnecessary fields by returning undefined for specific keys.

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Transform data during parsing with a reviver

Use the second parameter of JSON.parse as a reviver function to transform values, such as converting date strings into Date objects, during the parsing process.

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Create a deep clone of a JSON object

Perform a deep clone by serializing an object with JSON.stringify and then immediately deserializing it with JSON.parse to create a new, independent copy.

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Convert a JSON object to a URL query string

Create a function that iterates over an object's keys, URI-encodes the keys and values, and joins them with ampersands to form a valid query string.

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Dynamically create a JSON object from arrays

Generate a JSON object by programmatically combining an array of keys with a corresponding array of values using a loop.

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Merge multiple JSON objects into a single object

Combine two or more objects into one using the spread operator, where properties from later objects will overwrite those from earlier ones.

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Extract and flatten data from complex JSON

Use the flatMap method to efficiently iterate over an array of objects and extract nested array data into a single, flattened array.

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