javascript - JSON.stringify without quotes on properties?

Question

I'm using a service which uses incorrect JSON format (no double quotes around properties). So I need to send

{ name: "John Smith" } instead of { "name": "John Smith" }

This format cannot be changed as this is not my service.

Anyone know of a stringify routing to format an JavaScript object like above?

Answer 1

This simple regular expression solution works to unquote JSON property names in most cases:

const object = { name: 'John Smith' };
const json = JSON.stringify(object);  // {"name":"John Smith"}
console.log(json);
const unquoted = json.replace(/"([^"]+)":/g, '$1:');
console.log(unquoted);  // {name:"John Smith"}