outputs form data as "{ username : 'abc', password : 'abc' ... } instead of "{ 'name' : 'username', 'value' : 'abc' ... }

serializeForm.js

var signUp = function () {
    var signupData = $( '#competition_form' ).serializeArray(),
        params = {};

    // setup params data from signupData
    signupData.map( function( value ) {
        params[value.name] = value.value;
    } );
    // set required data
    $.extend( params, {
        // remove @ and . characters from email and set as username
        username      : params.email.substring( 0,19 ).replace( /[.@]/g,'' ),
        country       : 'GB',
        receive_email : 1
    } );
    
    console.log( params );
    $.ajax({
	    url      : '/signup/',
	    data     : params,
	    dataType : 'json',
	    type     : 'post',
	    success  : function ( data ) {
            console.log( data );
        }
    });
    return false;
};