Install

npm install serialize-to-js

yarn add serialize-to-js

serialize-to-js

serialize objects to javascript

Serialize objects into a string while checking circular structures and respecting references.

The following Objects are supported

String
Number
Boolean
Object
Array
RegExp
Error
Date
Buffer
Int8Array, Uint8Array, Uint8ClampedArray
Int16Array, Uint16Array
Int32Array, Uint32Array, Float32Array
Float64Array
Set
Map

Methods
- serialize
Contribution and License Agreement
License

Methods

serialize

serialize(source, opts, opts.ignoreCircular, opts.reference)

serializes an object to javascript

Example - serializing regex, date, buffer, ...

 const serialize = require('serialize-to-js')
const obj = {
  str: '<script>var a = 0 > 1</script>',
  num: 3.1415,
  bool: true,
  nil: null,
  undef: undefined,
  obj: { foo: 'bar' },
  arr: [1, '2'],
  regexp: /^test?$/,
  date: new Date(),
  buffer: new Buffer('data'),
  set: new Set([1, 2, 3]),
  map: new Map([['a': 1],['b': 2]])
}
console.log(serialize(obj))
//> '{str: "\u003Cscript\u003Evar a = 0 \u003E 1\u003C\u002Fscript\u003E",
//>   num: 3.1415, bool: true, nil: null, undef: undefined,
//>   obj: {foo: "bar"}, arr: [1, "2"], regexp: new RegExp("^test?$", ""),
//>   date: new Date("2019-12-29T10:37:36.613Z"),
//>   buffer: Buffer.from("ZGF0YQ==", "base64"), set: new Set([1, 2, 3]),
//>   map: new Map([["a", 1], ["b", 2]])}'

Example - serializing while respecting references

 var serialize = require('serialize-to-js')
var obj = { object: { regexp: /^test?$/ } };
obj.reference = obj.object;
var opts = { reference: true };
console.log(serialize(obj, opts));
//> {object: {regexp: /^test?$/}}
console.log(opts.references);
//> [ [ '.reference', '.object' ] ]

Parameters

source: Object | Array | function | Any, source to serialize
opts: Object, options
opts.ignoreCircular: Boolean, ignore circular objects
opts.reference: Boolean, reference instead of a copy (requires post-processing of opts.references)
opts.unsafe: Boolean, do not escape chars <>/
Returns: String, serialized representation of source

Contribution and License Agreement

If you contribute code to this project, you are implicitly allowing your
code to be distributed under the MIT license. You are also implicitly
verifying that all code is your original work or correctly attributed
with the source of its origin and licence.