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# json-stable-stringify
This is the same as https://github.com/substack/json-stable-stringify but it doesn't depend on libraries without licenses (jsonify).
deterministic version of `JSON.stringify()` so you can get a consistent hash from stringified results
You can also pass in a custom comparison function.
[![browser support](https://ci.testling.com/substack/json-stable-stringify.png)](https://ci.testling.com/substack/json-stable-stringify)
[![build status](https://secure.travis-ci.org/substack/json-stable-stringify.png)](http://travis-ci.org/substack/json-stable-stringify)
# example
``` js var stringify = require('json-stable-stringify'); var obj = { c: 8, b: [{z:6,y:5,x:4},7], a: 3 }; console.log(stringify(obj)); ```
output:
``` {"a":3,"b":[{"x":4,"y":5,"z":6},7],"c":8} ```
# methods
``` js var stringify = require('json-stable-stringify') ```
## var str = stringify(obj, opts)
Return a deterministic stringified string `str` from the object `obj`.
## options
### cmp
If `opts` is given, you can supply an `opts.cmp` to have a custom comparison function for object keys. Your function `opts.cmp` is called with these parameters:
``` js opts.cmp({ key: akey, value: avalue }, { key: bkey, value: bvalue }) ```
For example, to sort on the object key names in reverse order you could write:
``` js var stringify = require('json-stable-stringify');
var obj = { c: 8, b: [{z:6,y:5,x:4},7], a: 3 }; var s = stringify(obj, function (a, b) { return a.key < b.key ? 1 : -1; }); console.log(s); ```
which results in the output string:
``` {"c":8,"b":[{"z":6,"y":5,"x":4},7],"a":3} ```
Or if you wanted to sort on the object values in reverse order, you could write:
``` var stringify = require('json-stable-stringify');
var obj = { d: 6, c: 5, b: [{z:3,y:2,x:1},9], a: 10 }; var s = stringify(obj, function (a, b) { return a.value < b.value ? 1 : -1; }); console.log(s); ```
which outputs:
``` {"d":6,"c":5,"b":[{"z":3,"y":2,"x":1},9],"a":10} ```
### space
If you specify `opts.space`, it will indent the output for pretty-printing. Valid values are strings (e.g. `{space: \t}`) or a number of spaces (`{space: 3}`).
For example:
```js var obj = { b: 1, a: { foo: 'bar', and: [1, 2, 3] } }; var s = stringify(obj, { space: ' ' }); console.log(s); ```
which outputs:
``` { "a": { "and": [ 1, 2, 3 ], "foo": "bar" }, "b": 1 } ```
### replacer
The replacer parameter is a function `opts.replacer(key, value)` that behaves the same as the replacer [from the core JSON object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Guide/Using_native_JSON#The_replacer_parameter).
# install
With [npm](https://npmjs.org) do:
``` npm install json-stable-stringify ```
# license
MIT
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