JSON parsing

Method of converting JavaScript objects to JSON strings and JSON back to objects using JSON.stringify() and JSON.parse()

Spec	https://www.ecma-international.org/ecma-262/5.1/#sec-15.12
Status	Other

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			103
		100	102
		99	101	TP
11	99	98	100	15.4	83
10	98	97	99	15.2-15.3	82
9	97	96	98	15.1	81
8 (1)	96	95	97	15	80
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7	95	94	96	14.1	79
6	94	93	95	14	78
5.5	93	92	94	13.1	77
	92	91	93	13	76
	91	90	92	12.1	75
	90	89	91	12	74
	89	88	90	11.1	73
	88	87	89	11	72
	87	86	88	10.1	71
	86	85	87	10	70
	85	84	86	9.1	69
	84	83	85	9	68
	83	82	84	8	67
	81	81	83	7.1	66
	80	80	81	7	65
	79	79	80	6.1	64
	18	78	79	6	63
	17	77	78	5.1	62
	16	76	77	5	60
	15	75	76	4	58
	14	74	75	3.2	57
	13	73	74	3.1	56
	12	72	73		55
		71	72		54
		70	71		53
		69	70		52
		68	69		51
		67	68		50
		66	67		49
		65	66		48
		64	65		47
		63	64		46
		62	63		45
		61	62		44
		60	61		43
		59	60		42
		58	59		41
		57	58		40
		56	57		39
		55	56		38
		54	55		37
		53	54		36
		52	53		35
		51	52		34
		50	51		33
		49	50		32
		48	49		31
		47	48		30
		46	47		29
		45	46		28
		44	45		27
		43	44		26
		42	43		25
		41	42		24
		40	41		23
		39	40		22
		38	39		21
		37	38		20
		36	37		19
		35	36		18
		34	35		17
		33	34		16
		32	33		15
		31	32		12.1
		30	31		12
		29	30		11.6
		28	29		11.5
		27	28		11.1
		26	27		11
		25	26		10.6
		24	25		10.5
		23	24		10.0-10.1
		22	23		9.5-9.6
		21	22		9
		20	21
		19	20
		18	19
		17	18
		16	17
		15	16
		14	15
		13	14
		12	13
		11	12
		10	11
		9	10
		8	9
		7	8
		6	7
		5	6
		4	5
		3.6	4
		3.5
		3
		2

Safari on iOS	Opera Mini	Android Browser	Blackberry Browser	Opera Mobile	Android Chrome	Android Firefox	IE Mobile	Android UC Browser	Samsung Internet	QQ Browser	Baidu Browser	KaiOS Browser
15.4	all	99	10	64	100	98	11	12.12	16.0	10.4	7.12	2.5
15.2-15.3		4.4.3-4.4.4	7	12.1			10		15.0
15.0-15.1		4.4		12					14.0
14.5-14.8		4.2-4.3		11.5					13.0
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14.0-14.4		4.1		11.1					12.0
13.4-13.7		4		11					11.1-11.2
13.3		3		10					10.1
13.2		2.3							9.2
13.0-13.1		2.2							8.2
12.2-12.5		2.1							7.2-7.4
12.0-12.1									6.2-6.4
11.3-11.4									5.0-5.4
11.0-11.2									4
10.3
10.0-10.2
9.3
9.0-9.2
8.1-8.4
8
7.0-7.1
6.0-6.1
5.0-5.1
4.2-4.3
4.0-4.1
3.2

Notes

1. Requires document to be in IE8+ standards mode to work in IE8.

Bugs

• IE9-IE11 fail to call the "reviver" argument recursively (in some versions of windows). see discussion

Resources

• MDN Web Docs - Using JSON
• JSON in JS (includes script w/support)
• has.js test
• WebPlatform Docs
• JSON explainer