Node.js – Convert JSON to Buffer

Node.js – To convert JSON to Buffer, first convert JSON object to string JSON.stringify(jsonObj); , then use Buffer.from(jsonStr) method to read the JSON string to a buffer.

Example

Following is an example that demonstrates how to convert a JSON Object to a Buffer :

const msg = '{"name":"John", "age":"22"}';

var jsonObj = JSON.parse(msg);

// convert JSON object to String

var jsonStr = JSON.stringify(jsonObj);

// read json string to Buffer

const buf = Buffer.from(jsonStr);

console.log(buf.length);

$ node convert-json-to-buffer.js

In our next Node.js Tutorial, we shall learn to convert Buffer data to a JSON object.

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