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JSON + Javascript Cheatsheet.

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Convert array to JSON

var myArr = {
    key: value,
    key2: value2
};

var myJSON = JSON.stringify(myArr);
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Result:

'{"key":"value","key2":"value2"}';
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Parse JSON (convert from JSON to array)

var myJSON = '{"key":"value","key2":"value2"}';

var myArr = JSON.parse(myJSON);
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Result:

{
    key: value,
    key2: value2
};
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Count JSON array length

var myJSON = '{"key":"value","key2":"value2"}';

var myArr = JSON.parse(myJSON);

var jsonLength = myArr.length;
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Result:

2
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Do loop with JSON array

var myJSON = '{"key":"value","key2":"value2"}';

var myArr = JSON.parse(myJSON);

myArr.forEach(function(nowItem) {
    // Do things here
})
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Get data from JSON array

var myJSON = '{"key":"value","key2":"value2"}';

var myArr = JSON.parse(myJSON);

console.log(myArr["key2"]);
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Result:

value2
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Add item to JSON array

var myJSON = '{"key":"value","key2":"value2"}';

var myArr = JSON.parse(myJSON);

myArr["key3"] = "value3";
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myArr result:

{
    key: "value", 
    key2: "value2", 
    key3: "value3"
}
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Remove item from JSON array

var myJSON = '{"key":"value","key2":"value2"}';

var myArr = JSON.parse(myJSON);

delete myArr["key2"];
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myArr result:

{
   "key": "value"
}
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