Passing an object with circular references from server to client-side Javascript while retaining circularity

Question

I\'m trying to pass an object with circular references from node.js server to client-side javascript.

Server (node.js):

var object = { circular: obje         


        

Answer 1

Douglas Crockford has a solution for this that I have successfully used to solve this problem before: Cycle.js

instead of just using stringify and parse you would first call decycle and restore with retrocycle

var jsonString = JSON.stringify(JSON.decycle(parent));
var restoredObject = JSON.retrocycle(JSON.parse(jsonString));

JSFiddle