Getting all selected checkboxes in an array

So I have these checkboxes:

<input type="checkbox" name="type" value="4" />
<input type="checkbox" name="type" value="3" />
<input type="checkbox" name="type" value="1" />
<input type="checkbox" name="type" value="5" />

And so on. There are about 6 of them and are hand-coded (i.e not fetched from a db) so they are likely to remain the same for a while.

My question is how I can get them all in an array (in javascript), so I can use them while making an AJAX $.post request using Jquery.

Any thoughts?

Edit: I would only want the selected checkboxes to be added to the array

Formatted :

$("input:checkbox[name=type]:checked").each(function(){
    yourArray.push($(this).val());
});

Hopefully, it will work.

Pure JS

For those who don't want to use jQuery

var array = []
var checkboxes = document.querySelectorAll('input[type=checkbox]:checked')

for (var i = 0; i < checkboxes.length; i++) {
  array.push(checkboxes[i].value)
}

var chk_arr =  document.getElementsByName("chkRights[]");
var chklength = chk_arr.length;             

for(k=0;k< chklength;k++)
{
    chk_arr[k].checked = false;
} 

I didnt test it but it should work

<script type="text/javascript">
var selected = new Array();

$(document).ready(function() {

  $("input:checkbox[name=type]:checked").each(function() {
       selected.push($(this).val());
  });

});

</script>

ES6 version:

const values = Array
  .from(document.querySelectorAll('input[type="checkbox"]'))
  .filter((checkbox) => checkbox.checked)
  .map((checkbox) => checkbox.value);

function getCheckedValues() {
  return Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('input[type="checkbox"]'))
  .filter((checkbox) => checkbox.checked)
  .map((checkbox) => checkbox.value);
}

const resultEl = document.getElementById('result');

document.getElementById('showResult').addEventListener('click', () => {
  resultEl.innerHTML = getCheckedValues();
});

<input type="checkbox" name="type" value="1" />1
<input type="checkbox" name="type" value="2" />2
<input type="checkbox" name="type" value="3" />3
<input type="checkbox" name="type" value="4" />4
<input type="checkbox" name="type" value="5" />5

<br><br>
<button id="showResult">Show checked values</button>
<br><br>
<div id="result"></div>