jQuery serialize an object?

Question

Say I have something like:

var obj = {id: 1, name: "Some name", color: "#444444" };

I want to serialize that object. I tried:

$(obj).serialize();

but that didn't work.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You should use jQuery.param() instead.

Working Example

With vanilla JS, you would use JSON.stringify instead.

Answer 2

As mentioned you should use .param()

$.param({id: 1, name: "Some name", color: '#444444' })

But also you need to be careful with your syntax. Your brackets don't match, and that color will need quotation marks. jsFiddle

Answer 3

You could use JSON.stringify to serialize your object, and you'd have to wrap your color string correctly:

var obj = {id: 1, name: "Some name", color: '#444444' };
var serialized = JSON.stringify(obj);
// => "{"id":1,"name":"Some name","color":"#444444"}"