A (cryptically-named) component that exposes the ability to serialize a JS object from a series of key/value pairs where the keys use square-bracket notation. (with some limited dot notation support)
I'll be following this spec, and if we start seeing browser support this library will follow that direction.
<form>
<input type="text" name="user[name]" value="testuser">
<input type="password" name="user.password" value="123456">
<input type="text" name="tags[]" value="a">
<input type="text" name="tags[]" value="b">
<input type="text" name="contacts[][first]" value="test1">
<input type="text" name="contacts[][last]" value="test2">
<input type="text" name="contacts[].first" value="test3">
<input type="text" name="contacts[].last" value="test4">
</form>{
user: {
name: "testuser",
password: "123456"
},
tags: [ "a", "b" ],
contacts: [
{ first: "test1", last: "test2" },
{ first: "test3", last: "test4" }
]
}This API is really low-level, and is meant to be plugged into some other library that determines what elements need to be serialized. (see dominicbarnes/form-serialize)
Parses a key name and splits it into the various layers of the key name. The result is
an Array of either String names or false which indicates an array.
Examples:
user[name]=>[ "user", "name" ]user.password=>[ "user", "password" ]tags[]=>[ "tags", false ]contacts[][first]=>[ "contacts", false, "first" ]contacts[].last=>[ "contacts", false, "last" ]
Takes a source obj and augments it by setting the given value at the given key.
Examples: (it's long, but meant to illustrate the process)
var o = {};
square.set(o, "user[name]", "testuser");
// => {
// user: {
// name: "testuser"
// }
// }
square.set(o, "user.password", "123456");
// => {
// user: {
// name: "testuser",
// password: "123456"
// }
// }
square.set(o, "tags[]", "a");
// => {
// user: {
// name: "testuser",
// password: "123456"
// },
// tags: [
// "a"
// ]
// }
square.set(o, "tags[]", "b");
// => {
// user: {
// name: "testuser",
// password: "123456"
// },
// tags: [
// "a", "b"
// ]
// }
square.set(o, "contacts[][first]", "test1");
// => {
// user: {
// name: "testuser",
// password: "123456"
// },
// tags: [
// "a", "b"
// ],
// contacts: [
// { first: "test1" }
// ]
// }
square.set(o, "contacts[][last]", "test2");
// => {
// user: {
// name: "testuser",
// password: "123456"
// },
// tags: [
// "a", "b"
// ],
// contacts: [
// { first: "test1", last: "test2" }
// ]
// }
square.set(o, "contacts[].first", "test3");
// => {
// user: {
// name: "testuser",
// password: "123456"
// },
// tags: [
// "a", "b"
// ],
// contacts: [
// { first: "test1", last: "test2" },
// { first: "test3" }
// ]
// }
square.set(o, "contacts[].last", "test4");
// => {
// user: {
// name: "testuser",
// password: "123456"
// },
// tags: [
// "a", "b"
// ],
// contacts: [
// { first: "test1", last: "test2" },
// { first: "test3", last: "test4" }
// ]
// }