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title: "Selection.serializeArray() | Grafana k6 documentation"
description: "Encode a set of form elements as an array of names and values."
---

> For a curated documentation index, see [llms.txt](/llms.txt). For the complete documentation index, see [llms-full.txt](/llms-full.txt).

# Selection.serializeArray()

Encode a set of form elements as an array of names and values (`[{ name: "name", value: "value" }, ...]`). Mimics [jquery.serializeArray](https://api.jquery.com/serializeArray/)

### Returns

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| Type  | Description                                                     |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
| array | Array of names and values of the matched form or form elements. |

### Example

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```javascript
import { parseHTML } from 'k6/html';
import { sleep } from 'k6';

export default function () {
  const content = `
 <form><input name="username"></form>
  `;

  const doc = parseHTML(content);
  const sel = doc.find('form');
  const serialized = sel.serializeArray();

  console.log(JSON.stringify(serialized)); // [{"name": "username", "value": ""}]

  sleep(1);
}
```