How to cryptographically hash a JSON object?

Question

The following question is more complex than it may first seem.

Assume that I\'ve got an arbitrary JSON object, one that may contain any amount of data including oth

Answer 1

I would do all fields in a given order (alphabetically for example). Why does arbitrary data make a difference? You can just iterate over the properties (ala reflection).

Alternatively, I would look into converting the raw json string into some well defined canonical form (remove all superflous formatting) - and hashing that.