Is it valid to define functions in JSON results?

Question

Part of a website\'s JSON response had this (... added for context):

{..., now:function(){return(new Date).getTime()}, ...}

Is adding anony

Answer 1

Function expressions in the JSON are completely possible, just do not forget to wrap it in double quotes. Here is an example taken from noSQL database design:

{
  "_id": "_design/testdb",
  "views": {
    "byName": {
      "map": "function(doc){if(doc.name){emit(doc.name,doc.code)}}"
    }
  }
}