construct object

Category: Objects Kind: Operation Description: Construct an object

Inputs

Name	Abbreviation	Type	Access	Description
Existing	E	Object	Item	Existing object to add to
Data	D	Object	List	The data to add to the object, as a list of key-value pairs

Outputs

Name	Abbreviation	Type	Access	Description
Object	O	Object	Item	The constructed object

About

In JSON (JavaScript Object Notation), an object is a collection of key-value pairs.

It’s wrapped in curly braces { }, and each key-value pair inside it follows this format:

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"key": value

Example:

Here’s a JSON object representing a property listing:

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{
  "address": "123 Maple Street",
  "price": 450000,
  "bedrooms": 3,
  "bathrooms": 2,
  "square_feet": 1800,
  "status": "For Sale"
}

Explanation:

The whole thing (inside the { }) is a JSON object.
It contains multiple key-value pairs:
- "address" is the key, "123 Maple Street" is the value (a string).
- "price" is the key, 450000 is the value (a number).
- And so on.

Quick Facts About JSON Objects:

Keys must be strings, always in quotes.
Values can be strings, numbers, booleans, arrays, other objects, or null.
Pairs are separated by commas.

JSON Object vs JSON Array:

{ ... } = object (key-value pairs)
[ ... ] = array (Lists of values or objects)

Example with Both:

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{
  "listings": [
    {
      "address": "123 Maple Street",
      "price": 450000
    },
    {
      "address": "456 Oak Avenue",
      "price": 525000
    }
  ]
}

"listings" is a key.
The value is an array of objects, each representing a single real estate listing.

How-to

Feed in an existing object.

This could be from a panel or the result of another node
Feed in a list of key-value pairs to add to the object

This could be from a panel or the result of another node
The result is the object and the key-value pairs wrapped as an object