how to jsonify an array containing objects with custom jsonification

Question

So I have a CustomObject and an array containing a number of them.

Right now, when I say res.json(myArray), I get a standard jsonification of my CustomObject, i.e. field1:value, field2:value, ....

What I can not figure out is how to make a custom jsonification of my CustomObject, such as I only want to return a subset of the parameters.

What functions do I have to customize? In CustomObject only?

What is res.json? If you are in a node.js environment, you might want to tag your question with nodejs — Bergi
– Bergi, Commented Jan 22, 2014 at 18:52

Bergi · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-22 18:53:37Z

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What functions do I have to customize? In CustomObject only?

Give your objects a toJSON method that returns an object with only the expected properties and it will be recognized by JSON.stringify.

answered Jan 22, 2014 at 18:53

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