Question

My code looks a little like this:

var data = $(this).serializeArray(data);

$.ajax({
    data: JSON.stringify(data)
});

I run a console.log as well and I see the JSON string formatted as:

[{"name":"inputName", "value":"inputValue"}]

Whereas I’m expecting:

[{"inputName":"inputValue"}]

Am I misunderstanding JSON formatting or is there a way to get this to format properly?

Answer 1

JSON (well, any hash/dict) is formatted as { property : value } (or { key : value }). If you want each of the value well…values! in an array, you can do so with a simple for..in statement.

vals = [];
hash = {a: 1, b: 2, c: 3};
for (item in hash) {
    vals.append(hash[item]);
}

console.log(vals);  // => [1, 2, 3]

But to directly your answer, you will never see [{"inputName":"inputValue"}] because inputName is not a key, but a variable (just like inputValue)