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Show HN: JSON-qs – JSON in query strings, human-readable, compact

#1

Post by aleclarsoniv » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 12:16 AM UTC

Show HN: JSON-qs – JSON in query strings, human-readable, compact
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Re: Show HN: JSON-qs – JSON in query strings, human-readable, compact

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Post by jzebedee » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 7:42 AM UTC

Is there an example where passing full JSON objects as a query string would be the right solution?

Re: Show HN: JSON-qs – JSON in query strings, human-readable, compact

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Post by aleclarsoniv » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 2:38 PM UTC

jzebedee wrote: post #2

Is there an example where passing full JSON objects as a query string would be the right solution?

The most common case is probably complex search queries. It's really nice not having to flatten your data just to get network level caching.

In my case, building an RPC library with REST semantics, it's important to me to not place any restrictions on how developers pass their data to the backend. So removing that arbitrary flattening requirement is a big win. The json-qs specification does it in a way that balances readability and compactness.

Re: Show HN: JSON-qs – JSON in query strings, human-readable, compact

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Post by nbbaier » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 9:06 PM UTC

Is this usable as a package installable from NPM?

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Post by aleclarsoniv » Fri, Oct 25, 2024, 10:30 PM UTC

nbbaier wrote: post #4

Is this usable as a package installable from NPM?

I just published it now: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@json-qs/json-qs