Structuring a JSON array with objects

Question

I have a JSON array or literal (passes through JSON.parse).

Requirement: an array of tasks which contains operations which are key/value pairs.

Array of tasks> Array of operations (array of operations at times will contain duplicate key/value pairs)

[
 [
 {
 resize: [1200, 1200]
 }, {
 moveTo: "dest/nick"
 }, {
 rename: "{base}-12.{ext}"
 }, {
 toWeb: true
 }, {
 rename: "{base}.{ext}"
 }
 ], [
 {
 resize: [1000, 1000]
 }, {
 rename: "{base}-10.{ext}"
 }
 ]
 ]

The code works and I simply want to know if there is a better way of doing this. I had to wrap the individual operations with {} so that the duplicate keys wouldn't overwrite each other.

Answer 1

I think I would replace { resize: [1200, 1200] } with { operation: 'resize', parameters: [1200, 1200] }. This is more verbose, but easier to maintain/read. This way it's eligible for extension (maybe you want to add identifiers later?). The same can be done for the tasks.

Other than that there's not a lot to say. I find the indentation not easily readable, but that's just style. I'd prefer:

[
 {
 name: "I'm task one",
 operations: [
 {
 operation: "resize",
 parameters: [1200, 1200]
 },
 {
 operation: "moveTo",
 parameters: ["dest/nick"]
 },
 {
 operation: "rename"
 parameters: ["{base}-12.{ext}"]
 },
 {
 operation: "toWeb",
 parameters: [true]
 },
 {
 operation: "rename",
 parameters: ["{base}.{ext}"]
 }
 ]
 },
 {
 name: "I'm task two",
 operations: [
 {
 operation: "resize",
 parameters: [1000, 1000]
 },
 {
 operation: "rename",
 parameters: ["{base}-10.{ext}"]
 }
 ]
 }
]

Also note that the value of the parameters is an array, even if it has one value.