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.. _class_JSON:

JSON
====

**Inherits:** :ref:`Object<class_object>`

**Category:** Core

Brief Description
-----------------

Helper class for parsing JSON data.

Member Functions
----------------

+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`JSONParseResult<class_jsonparseresult>`  | :ref:`parse<class_JSON_parse>`  **(** :ref:`String<class_string>` json  **)**    |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| :ref:`String<class_string>`                    | :ref:`print<class_JSON_print>`  **(** :ref:`Variant<class_variant>` value  **)** |
+------------------------------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Description
-----------

Helper class for parsing JSON data.

Member Function Description
---------------------------

.. _class_JSON_parse:

- :ref:`JSONParseResult<class_jsonparseresult>`  **parse**  **(** :ref:`String<class_string>` json  **)**

Parses a JSON encoded string and returns a :ref:`JSONParseResult<class_jsonparseresult>` containing the result.

.. _class_JSON_print:

- :ref:`String<class_string>`  **print**  **(** :ref:`Variant<class_variant>` value  **)**

Converts a Variant var to JSON text and returns the result. Useful for serializing data to store or send over the network.