25/05/2017

JSON

What is JSON? 

• JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation.
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• JSON is a syntax for storing and exchanging data.
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• JSON is text, written with JavaScript object notation.
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• JSON is "self-describing" and easy to understand.
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• JSON is language independent *

JSON syntaxs

•  Data is in name/value pairs.
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• Data is separated by commas.
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• Curly braces hold objects.
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•  Square brackets hold arrays.

JSON Data


JSON data is written as name and value pairs.

Name and value pair consists of a field name in double quotes, followed by a colon, followed by a value:
                      "name":"janusha"



JSON Files


The file type for JSON files is ".json".