what's the best way to have a kotlin class compile...

# javascript

[gbaldeck]

what's the best way to have a kotlin class compile down to a plain JSON object to send to a REST endpoint?

[Casey Brooks]

I’ve been using the native Serialization library and have really liked it so far https://github.com/Kotlin/kotlinx.serialization

[gbaldeck]

Thanks I'll give that a try

[gbaldeck]

@Casey Brooks There's not much documentation for JS on it, do I use it the same way that its used for JVM?

[Casey Brooks]

I actually haven’t personally done it with JS, but yeah it looks to work the exact same. Most of the work is done by the compiler

[bashor]

сс @sandwwraith

[sandwwraith]

Serializing to JSON works via same API as on JVM; serializing to dynamic js type is on the roadmap

[bashor]

Also it may be interesting for you https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-21653

[gbaldeck]

@sandwwraith If I have a JSON object coming from the server, am I able to serialize that into a Kotlin class on the JS client side using the Serialization library or will I need to do it by hand?

[Casey Brooks]

Yeah, you should be able to use the Serialization lib for that, regardless of whether the server produced it using the Serialization lib or not. As long as you have a model to match the JSON response, it should deserialize just fine on both the JVM and JS