JavaScript Object to JSON Object

Question

I've got a JavaScript object where I've pushed values...

var myObject = [];
myObject.name = "Steve"
myObject.job = "Driver"

Now I want to get those values as JSON, i.e.

{ "name": "Steve", "job": "Driver" }

is this possible? I've tried JSON stringify but it returns an empty object

Answer 1

For starters, make sure you're creating an object not an array. An array is an ordered list of data where as an object is an unordered group of key-value pairs. As such, they're serialized differently.

var myObject = {}; // <-- Changed [] to {}
myObject.name = "Steve";
myObject.job = "Driver";

// Alternatively, you can do this
var myObject = {
  name: 'Steve',
  job: 'Driver'
};

Converting it to JSON is as easy as calling JSON.stringify.

var myObject = {
  name: 'Steve',
  job: 'Driver'
};

var json = JSON.stringify(myObject);
console.log(json);

Answer 2

var myObject = []; should be var myObject = {};