I'm using Node.js and express (3.x). I have to provide an API for a mac client and from a post request I extract the correct fields. (The use of request.param is mandatory) But the fields should be composed back together to JSON, instead of strings.

I got:

var obj = {

        title: request.param('title'),

        thumb: request.param('thumb'),

        items: request.param('items')

    };

and request.param('items') contains an array of object but still as a string:

'[{name:this},{name:that}]'

I want to append it so it becomes:

var obj = {

            title: request.param('title'),

            thumb: request.param('thumb'),

            items: [{name:this},{name:that}]

        };

Instead of

var obj = {

                title: request.param('title'),

                thumb: request.param('thumb'),

                items: [{name:this},{name:that}]

            };

Anyone who can help me with this? JSON.parse doesn't parse an array of object, only valid JSON.