Give name to an array of Json in JSON.stringify

Question

In PHP when I want to give a name to an array of json objects I use this line.

$json = json_encode(array("users" => $output));

And this variable would be printed like this.

{"users":[{"user_id":"1"}

But now, I'm building a project in Node.js and I need to give a name to an array, and I don't know how to do it, I'm printing data using this line:

 res.send(JSON.stringify(users, null, 4));

[ { "user_id": "1" }, { "user_id": "2" } ]

Thank you.

Paolo · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-22 20:40:50Z

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Just build the object with "root" key users before stringify

res.send( JSON.stringify( { 'users': users } , null, 4) );

answered Jan 22, 2017 at 20:40

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Gandalf the White · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-22 20:39:06Z

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You can send json directly specifying data points

res.json({ variablename : thevalue (in your case array)})

if more than one value, just follow the syntax

res.json({ variablename : thevalue1, variablename : value2)})

answered Jan 22, 2017 at 20:39

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JVM · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-22 20:42:48Z

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You can something like this:

 {'users': JSON.stringify(users, null, 4)}

answered Jan 22, 2017 at 20:42

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