Benchmark: JSON parse vs response.json

Tests:

response.json
const showResult = result => console.log(result); const url = "https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis"; fetch(url).then((response) => response.json()).then(showResult)
JSON.parse
const showResult = result => console.log(result); const url = "https://www.googleapis.com/discovery/v1/apis"; fetch(url).then((response) => JSON.parse(response._body)).then(showResult)

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Test case name	Result
response.json
JSON.parse

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Run details: (Test run date: 14 days ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/135.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/135.0.0.0

Browser/OS: Chrome 135 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
response.json	9742.0 Ops/sec
JSON.parse	9649.2 Ops/sec

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 6 months ago):

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Let's break down the provided benchmark and explain what's being tested.

**Benchmark Purpose**

The benchmark tests two different approaches to parse JSON data from an HTTP response:

1. **`response.json()`**: This approach uses the `fetch` API to make a request to a URL, which returns a promise that resolves with the parsed JSON data.
2. **`JSON.parse(response._body)`**: This approach parses the raw JSON data directly from the `_body` property of the HTTP response object.

**Options Compared**

The two options being compared are:

* Using the `response.json()` method to parse JSON data from an HTTP response
* Parsing JSON data manually using `JSON.parse()`

**Pros and Cons of Each Approach**

1. **`response.json()`**:
	* Pros:
		+ More convenient and readable way to handle JSON data in modern browsers.
		+ Automatic handling of errors, such as parsing failures or network issues.
	* Cons:
		+ May require additional dependencies (e.g., `fetch` API polyfills) for older browsers.
2. **`JSON.parse(response._body)`**:
	* Pros:
		+ More lightweight and doesn't rely on the `fetch` API, making it suitable for older browsers.
		+ Allows for more control over parsing errors.
	* Cons:
		+ Less readable and less convenient than using `response.json()`.
		+ Requires manual error handling.

**Library Used**

In this benchmark, no external library is used. However, the `fetch` API is a built-in feature in modern browsers, which provides a standardized way to make HTTP requests.

**Special JS Feature or Syntax**

None of the provided code uses special JavaScript features or syntax beyond what's necessary for parsing JSON data.

**Other Alternatives**

If you want to test other approaches to parse JSON data from an HTTP response, here are some alternatives:

* Using `XMLHttpRequest` instead of the `fetch` API
* Using a library like jQuery's `$.ajax()` method
* Implementing manual JSON parsing using regular expressions or a custom parser

Keep in mind that these alternatives may have different pros and cons compared to using the `response.json()` or `JSON.parse(response._body)` approaches.

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response.json

JSON.parse

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Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 6 months ago):