encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(object_to_be_serialised))
encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(object_to_be_serialised))
I was looking to do the same thing. problem for me was my url was getting way too long. I found a solution today using Bruno Jouhier's jsUrl.js library.
I haven't tested it very thoroughly yet. However, here is an example showing character lengths of the string output after encoding the same large object using 3 different methods:
- 2651 characters using
jQuery.param - 1691 characters using
JSON.stringify + encodeURIComponent - 821 characters using
JSURL.stringify
clearly JSURL has the most optimized format for urlEncoding a js object.
the thread at https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/nodejs/ivdZuGCF86Q shows benchmarks for encoding and parsing.
Note: After testing, it looks like jsurl.js library uses ECMAScript 5 functions such as Object.keys, Array.map, and Array.filter. Therefore, it will only work on modern browsers (no ie 8 and under). However, are polyfills for these functions that would make it compatible with more browsers.
- for array: https://stackoverflow.com/a/2790686/467286
- for object.keys: https://stackoverflow.com/a/3937321/467286
How do I put a JSON object in a URL as a GET parameter?
JSON itself is a string. To turn your object into JSON you simply need to call a JSON.stringify(obj). Make sure you url-encode the string as well with encodeURI() before appending it to a link
More on reddit.comjavascript - How to convert Encoded url into JSON format? - Stack Overflow
jquery - Convert JavaScript object into URI-encoded string - Stack Overflow
Is it possible to compress JSON to a string of safe characters that can be used in a URL query string?
Yes. Though be careful of URL length limits some older browsers and proxy servers will impose.
More on reddit.comTitle says it all. Say I want to pass
data: {
Name: 'Jack'
},To a URL, how do I go about it?
JSON itself is a string. To turn your object into JSON you simply need to call a JSON.stringify(obj). Make sure you url-encode the string as well with encodeURI() before appending it to a link
I would recomend looking into Postman. It's an application for testing http requests. Give it a Google!
As much as I understand from your URL you are trying to post this %7B%22book%22:%22ABC%22%7D data in query string.
So first you need to decode your URL encoded data into an string which can be parsed. For that you can take help of decodeURIComponent() javascript API.
decodeURIComponent() - this function decodes an encoded URI component back to the plain text i.e. like in your encoded text it will convert %7B into opening brace {. So once we apply this API you get -
//output : Object { book: "ABC" }
This is a valid JSON string now you can simply parse. So what all you need to do is -
var formData = "%7B%22book%22:%22ABC%22%7D";
var decodedData = decodeURIComponent(formData);
var jsonObject = JSON.parse(decodedData);
console.log(jsonObject );
The JSON.parse() method parses a JSON string, constructing the JavaScript value or object described by the string
The decodeURIComponent function will convert URL encoded characters back to plain text.
var myJSON = decodeURIComponent("%7B%22book%22:%22ABC%22%7D");
var myObject = JSON.parse(myJSON);
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned URLSearchParams
var prms = new URLSearchParams({
firstName: "Jonas",
lastName: "Gauffin"
});
console.log(prms.toString());
// firstName=Jonas&lastName=Gauffin
Please look closely at both answers I provide here to determine which fits you best.
Answer 1:
Likely what you need: Readies a JSON to be used in a URL as a single argument, for later decoding.
jsfiddle
encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify({"test1":"val1","test2":"val2"}))+"<div>");
Result:
%7B%22test%22%3A%22val1%22%2C%22test2%22%3A%22val2%22%7D
For those who just want a function to do it:
function jsonToURI(json){ return encodeURIComponent(JSON.stringify(json)); }
function uriToJSON(urijson){ return JSON.parse(decodeURIComponent(urijson)); }
Answer 2:
Uses a JSON as a source of key value pairs for x-www-form-urlencoded output.
jsfiddle
// This should probably only be used if all JSON elements are strings
function xwwwfurlenc(srcjson){
if(typeof srcjson !== "object")
if(typeof console !== "undefined"){
console.log("\"srcjson\" is not a JSON object");
return null;
}
u = encodeURIComponent;
var urljson = "";
var keys = Object.keys(srcjson);
for(var i=0; i <keys.length; i++){
urljson += u(keys[i]) + "=" + u(srcjson[keys[i]]);
if(i < (keys.length-1))urljson+="&";
}
return urljson;
}
// Will only decode as strings
// Without embedding extra information, there is no clean way to
// know what type of variable it was.
function dexwwwfurlenc(urljson){
var dstjson = {};
var ret;
var reg = /(?:^|&)(\w+)=(\w+)/g;
while((ret = reg.exec(urljson)) !== null){
dstjson[ret[1]] = ret[2];
}
return dstjson;
}
» npm install urlcode-json