ArrayToJSON

Type

function

Summary

Parse a LiveCode array to JSON

Syntax

ArrayToJSON(<pArray>,<pForceRootType>,<pPretty>)

Description

By default LiveCode numerically indexed arrays with keys 1...N are translated to JSON arrays and LiveCode array key -> value pairs are translated to JSON objects.

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
pArray		A LiveCode array
pForceRootType		Force an element value to be represented as a JSON type other than the default "object" - force an object even if the array has numeric 1...N keys "string" - force a string even if the element value parses as a number or boolean

Examples

local tMessage
ask question "What do you want to send?"
if it is not empty then
	put it into tMessage["text"]
	put ArrayToJSON(tMessage) into tMessage

	set the httpHeaders to "Content-type: application/json"
	post tMessage to url kSlackWebhookURL
end if

Value

Name	Type	Description
return		A UTF8 encoded JSON string