Question

I want to POST an Object via JSON to node.js server.

The Object structure is nested, and never succeeded to receive and parse correctly on node.js server site.

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EDIT2

I found a solution: see the answer section…

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EDIT

I found

     console.log(body);

itself output

val1=hello&val2%5Bval3%5D=world

//= {“val1″:”hello”,”val2[val3]”:”world”}

weired JSON way

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client.js

    var data ={val1:"hello",val2:{val3:"world"}};
    console.log(data); // -> *1
    $.ajax({
        url:"/",
        type:"POST",
        dataType: 'json',
        data:data,
        success:function (res)
        {
            resHandler(res);
        }
    });

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*1 ChromeDevelopersTool

Object

val1: “hello”

val2: Object

val3: “world”

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server.js

var onreq = function (req, res)
{
    if(req.method == 'POST')
    {
        var body = '';
        req.on('data', function (data)
        {
            body += data;
        });
        req.on('end', function ()
        {
            var json = qs.parse(body);
            console.log(json.val1); //hello
            console.log(json.val2); //undefined
            console.log(json.val3); //undefined

            console.log(JSON.stringify(json)); 
            //{"val1":"hello","val2[val3]":"world"}
        });
    }

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I understand

val2[val3]
is
val2.val3

However,

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Problem 1

JSON.stringify prints out

{“val1″:”hello”,”val2[val3]”:”world”}

not

{val1:”hello”,val2:{val3:”world”}}

It’s ugly, and I don’t know why it’s like that.

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Problem 2

I can never get {val3:”world”}

console.log(json.val3); //undefined

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Anyone can explain, and how can I POST a nested JSON to node.js server?

Thanks.

Answer 1

Do NOT use JSON typed data on jQuery Ajax, instead use Stringified JSON

I created a WIKI

http://code.google.com/p/kenokabe/wiki/nestedJSONproblem