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caiocpricci2
caiocpricci2

Reputation: 7798

What is the maximum length that $.parseJSON() can handle?

I have a long json array that needs to be sent to an html5 mobile app and parsed. The whole array has around 700kb (gziped to 150kb) and it's 554976 characters long at the moment. But it will increase on time.

Using jquery to parse the json, my app crashes while trying to parse it. And so does jsonlint, json parser.fr and any other online json validator I try, so I'm guessing eval() is not an option either.

Might be a broad question but what is the maximum "acceptable" length for a json array?

I have already removed as much data as I can from the array, the only option I can think of is to split the array in 3-4 server calls and parse it separately in the app. Is there any other option?

EDIT

Thanks to @fabien for pointing that if jsonlint crashes there is a problem on the json. There was a hidden "space" character in one of the nodes. It was parsed correctly on the server but not on the client.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 9823

Answers (1)

fabien
fabien

Reputation: 2258

I've parsed way bigger arrays with jquery.

My first guess is that there's an error in your json.

You have many ways to find it (sublime text could highlight the error but some time, it's a bit long). Try to paste it in a web tool like http://www.jsoneditoronline.org/. and use any of the buttons (to format or to send to the right view). It'll tell you where the error is.

Upvotes: 1

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