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# Circular
Tiny utility to safely stringify objects with circular references.
## Usage
Replace all circular references with the string `[Circular]`;
```javascript
var circular = require('circular');
var obj = {}; var child = {parent: obj}; obj.child = child;
var str = JSON.stringify(obj, circular());
// => {"child":{"parent":"[Circular]"}}
```
If you prefer you can pass an alternative string to use:
```javascript
var str = JSON.stringify(obj, circular('#ref'));
```
Or a function that returns a string:
```javascript
function ref(value){return '' + value};
var str = JSON.stringify(obj, circular(ref));
```
As of version `1.0.4` you can also pass an additional boolean that will convert function references to strings, useful for converting javascript modules to `couchdb` design documents.
```javascript
var str = JSON.stringify(obj, circular(null, true));
```
## License
Everything is [MIT](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License). Read the [license](/LICENSE) if you feel inclined.