stringify/parse edn in clojure/ClojureScript

Question

In JavaScript one can turn a js data structure into a JSON string via

JSON.stringify({somedata: { somesubdata: {}}})

And somewhere else, one can parse it again into a JS data structure via

var my_obj = JSON.parse("{"somedata":{"some_subdata":{}}}");

What would be the equivalent in Clojure/ClojureScript for the edn format?

I want to stringify some data on a ClojureScript front-end and parse it on a Clojure back-end. (and vice versa)

Possible duplicate of Clojure & ClojureScript: clojure.core/read-string, clojure.edn/read-string and cljs.reader/read-string — Piotrek Bzdyl
– Piotrek Bzdyl, Commented Mar 24, 2016 at 19:38
I don't think that's a duplicate of this question, though an answer to this question is contained in part of the first answer — Arthur Ulfeldt
– Arthur Ulfeldt, Commented Mar 24, 2016 at 20:49

Anton Harald · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-24 21:03:24Z

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As pointed out in a comment, a very detailed answer to this question can be found at the referenced link above.

After reading this, a quick answer, maybe especailly for people coming from JavaScript, would be:

in Clojure:

parse: clojure.edn/read-string
stringify: prn-str

in ClojureScript:

parse: cljs.reader/read-string
stringify: prn-str

answered Mar 24, 2016 at 21:03

Anton Harald

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