Output ExpressionEngine data in JSON format.

• Copy the /system/expressionengine/third_party/json/ folder to your /system/expressionengine/third_party/ folder

xhr="yes"

Set xhr to yes to only output data when an XMLHttpRequest is detected.

terminate="yes"

Set terminate to yes to terminate the template and output your json immediately, with application/json content-type headers.

fields="title|url_title"

Specify which fields you wish to have in the array. Separate multiple fields by a pipe character. If you do not specify fields, you will get all of the default fields' data.

Date fields are in unix timestamp format, accurate to milliseconds. Use the Javascript Date object in combination with date field data:

for (i in data) {
	var entryDate = new Date(data[i].entry_date);
}

{exp:json:entries channel="news"}

json:entries is a single tag, not a tag pair. Use channel:entries parameters to filter your entries.

title
url_title
entry_id
channel_id
author_id
status
entry_date
edit_date
expiration_date
Plus all of the custom fields associated with that channel

See channel:entries parameters.

{exp:json:members member_id="1|2"}

json:entries is a single tag, not a tag pair. Use channel:entries parameters to filter your entries.

member_id="1"

Specify which members, by member_id, to output. Separate multiple member_id's with a pipe character.

username="admin"

Specify which members, by username, to output. Separate multiple usernames with a pipe character.

group_id="1"

Specify which members, by group_id, to output. Separate multiple group_id's

limit="1"

Set a limit for records to retrieve.