JavaScript provides built-in functions to handle JSON encoding and decoding. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format that is easy for humans to read and write, and easy for machines to parse and generate.

JSON Encoding

To convert a JavaScript object into a JSON string, you can use the JSON.stringify() function. This function takes an object as input and returns a JSON string representation of that object.

const obj = {
  name: "John Doe",
  age: 25,
  email: "johndoe@example.com"
};

const jsonString = JSON.stringify(obj);
console.log(jsonString);

This will output:

{"name":"John Doe","age":25,"email":"johndoe@example.com"}

JSON Decoding

To convert a JSON string back into a JavaScript object, you can use the JSON.parse() function. This function takes a JSON string as input and returns a JavaScript object representing that JSON data.

const jsonString = '{"name":"John Doe","age":25,"email":"johndoe@example.com"}';

const obj = JSON.parse(jsonString);
console.log(obj);

This will output:

{ name: 'John Doe', age: 25, email: 'johndoe@example.com' }

Handle Encoding and Decoding Errors

Both JSON.stringify() and JSON.parse() can throw errors if the input is not valid JSON. To handle these errors, you can use a try-catch block.

try {
  const invalidJsonString = '{"name":"John Doe,"age":25,"email":"johndoe@example.com"}';
  const invalidObj = JSON.parse(invalidJsonString);
} catch (error) {
  console.error("Invalid JSON format:", error);
}

In this example, the missing closing double quote in the "name" property will throw a SyntaxError, which will be caught by the try-catch block.

Conclusion

JavaScript provides convenient functions for encoding and decoding JSON data. JSON.stringify() converts a JavaScript object into a JSON string, while JSON.parse() converts a JSON string into a JavaScript object. With these functions, you can easily work with JSON data in JavaScript.

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