Adding array name to anonymous array in a json string

Question

How can I change this:

[{"name": "Donald"}, {"name": "George"}]

To this:

{MyArray: [{"name": "Donald"}, {"name": "George"}]}

This is for a database server I made using node.js, express and body-parser. The string is produced using the collection('name').find().toArray function.

Nina Scholz · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-25 13:40:22Z

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You could convert the string to an object and use an object with the named property. Stringify the object to a string.

var json = '[{"name": "Donald"}, {"name": "George"}]',
    object = { myArray: JSON.parse(json) };
    
console.log(JSON.stringify(object));

answered Jun 25, 2017 at 13:40

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Dawid Zbiński Over a year ago

In case you want to work with the key even before you send (or parse it), here's the working fiddle: jsfiddle.net/9rx1s1t6

Firemen26 · Accepted Answer · 2017-06-25 13:42:55Z

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Like this:

var arr = [{"name": "Donald"}, {"name": "George"}]
var obj = {}
obj.MyArray = arr;

answered Jun 25, 2017 at 13:42

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