Question

I have this Javascript data:

[{id:123,type:'test'},{id:154,type:'another'}] 

How would you transform that into something so that I can pass it as a HTTP post request?

menu[0][id] = 123 menu[0][type] = test menu[1][id] = 154 menu[1][type] = another 

I dont want to pass the actual JSON data, I want to clean it up and pass it as formatted HTTP paramaters.

EDIT

Was able to parse the object on the client side using something like this, maybe you guys would suggest something better before I sign this as ‘answered’?

this.serialize = function(elem) {     var childs = elem.childElements();     var str = '';     for(var i=0, item; i<childs.length; i++) {         item = childs[i];         str += ((i)?'&':'')+'menu[' + i +'][id]=' + item.id.replace(/item_/,'');         str += '&menu[' + i +'][type]=' + item.className;         str += '&menu[' + i +'][section]=' + elem.id;         str += '&menu[' + i +'][position]=' + i;     }     return str; } 

Answer 1

var data = [{id:123,type:'test'},{id:154,type:'another'}]; var params = new Array(); for(var x = 0; x < data.length; x++) {     params.push('id=[' + x + ']=' + escape(data[x].id));     params.push('type=[' + x + ']=' + escape(data[x].type)); } alert(params.join('&')); // output: id=[0]=123&type=[0]=test&id=[1]=154&type=[1]=another 

Is that what you want?