JavaScript Object to JSON Object

Question

I've got a JavaScript object where I've pushed values...

var myObject = [];
myObject.name = "Steve"
myObject.job = "Driver"

Now I want to get those values as JSON, i.e.

{ "name": "Steve", "job": "Driver" }

is this possible? I've tried JSON stringify but it returns an empty object

• Brad: Also note that what you have in your expected output isn't JSON. JSON requires keys to be quoted.
• chendriksen: @Brad fixed. Thank you!
• Brad: Not sure why anyone is downvoting this question. It's a completely valid question, with example code, expected output, and what was tried...
• dumbass: It has a shitty title, though. And it's a trivial typo.

Answer 1

var myObject = []; should be var myObject = {};

Answer 2

For starters, make sure you're creating an object not an array. An array is an ordered list of data where as an object is an unordered group of key-value pairs. As such, they're serialized differently.

var myObject = {}; // <-- Changed [] to {}
myObject.name = "Steve";
myObject.job = "Driver";
// Alternatively, you can do this
var myObject = {
 name: 'Steve',
 job: 'Driver'
};

Converting it to JSON is as easy as calling JSON.stringify.

var myObject = {
 name: 'Steve',
 job: 'Driver'
};
var json = JSON.stringify(myObject);
console.log(json);