marioizquierdo/jquery.serializeJSON

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1705 stars · 419 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A jQuery plugin that adds a .serializeJSON() method to convert HTML form fields into a JavaScript object. It supports nested attributes and arrays using Rails-style bracket naming syntax.

Use cases

• serialize an html form to a javascript object
• convert form inputs with nested keys into
• handle arrays and nested attributes from form fields
• parse form values with correct types including checkboxes
• submit form data as to an api
• get unchecked checkbox values in form serialization

When to choose

• you already use jQuery and need form-to-object serialization
• your form uses Rails-style nested field names like author[name]
• you need typed parsed values and unchecked checkbox handling

When to avoid

• you are not using jQuery in your project
• you need a framework-agnostic modern form library
• you need reactive form state management rather than one-shot serialization

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

serialization form-handling web-development frontend browser jquery-plugin html-forms nested-attributes rails-params-format nodejs

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