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JSON stringify that safely handles circular references (found on StackOverflow somewhere)
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// safely handles circular references | |
JSON.safeStringify = (obj, indent = 2) => { | |
let cache = [] | |
const retVal = JSON.stringify( | |
obj, | |
(key, value) => | |
typeof value === 'object' && value !== null | |
? cache.includes(value) | |
? undefined // Duplicate reference found, discard key | |
: cache.push(value) && value // Store value in our collection | |
: value, | |
indent | |
) | |
cache = null | |
return retVal | |
} |
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