Is there a better way to convert a JSON packet into a query string?

Question

I have an input string that will either be a JSON packet, ala:

{\"PHONE\":\"555-513-4318\",\"FIRSTNAME\":\"Austin\",\"ARTISTID\":\"2\",\"LASTNAME\":         


        

Answer 1

There's not a much shorter way to do this, other than optimizing it just a little:

var data = $("#content").val();
try {
  data = $.param($.parseJSON(data));
} catch (e) { }

This prevents the potential multiple selector and .val() calls, but the same concept as you're already doing.