Skip hidden inputs in Jquery serialize

Question

I have forms with inputs of hidden and visible like below.In this example I want to serialize only name=\'country\' which is not hidden

Answer 1

use below code . not(:hidden) will not include input type hidden in serialize()

check DEMO

var frm  = $('#finalform').find(":input:not(:hidden)").serialize();

Or

var frm  = $('#finalform :input:not(:hidden)').serialize();

DEMO

var frm  = $('#finalform :input:not(:hidden)').serializeArray();

var frm1  = $('#finalform').find(":input:not(:hidden)").serializeArray();

$('#firstOutput').text(JSON.stringify(frm))
$('#secondOutput').text(JSON.stringify(frm1))