Get all form values from page and output as string json object

form-to-json.js

$(function(){
var txt ="{\n";

$("form :input:not([type=hidden])").each(function(i){
var id = $(this).attr("name");
if($(this).is("select")){
var val = $(this).find("option:selected").text();
}
else {
var val = $(this).val();
}
txt +='"'+id+'"'+" : "+'"'+val+'",\n';
console.log(i);
});
txt +="\n}";
console.log(txt);
});

/*
Then something like to 
for( k in form) { $("input[name="+k+"]").val(form[k])};
*/