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title: dynamic.jsonParse() function
description: >
  `dynamic.jsonParse()` takes JSON data as bytes and returns dynamic values.
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`dynamic.jsonParse()` takes JSON data as bytes and returns dynamic values.

JSON input is converted to dynamic-typed values which may be converted to
a statically typed value with `dynamic.asArray()` or casting functions in the `dynamic` package.

##### Function type signature

```js
(data: bytes) => dynamic
```

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## Parameters

### data
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JSON data (as bytes) to parse.