JSON

JSON stands for JavaScript Object Notation, which is nothing more than a data format. We saw this notation when we were creating our objects in JavaScript; however, JSON doesn't mean JavaScript objects, it's just a way of representing data using a similar format as JavaScript objects. It can also be easily converted to a JavaScript object.

JSON is a standard used to communicate with APIs, including APIs that aren't written in JavaScript! APIs can accept data, for example, the data from a form on a website, in JSON format. And nowadays, APIs almost always send data back in JSON. Sending data from an API happens, for example, when you enter a web shop—the products typically come from a call to an API that is connected to a database. This data gets converted to JSON and is sent back to the website. Here is an example of JSON:

{
  "name" : "Malika",
  "age" : 50,
  "profession" : "programmer",
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