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Reputation: 19534

JSON to string variable dump

Is there a quick function to convert JSON objects received via jQuery getJSON to a string variable dump (for tracing/debugging purposes)?

Upvotes: 82

Views: 127615

Answers (5)

Anders
Anders

Reputation: 6218

Yes, JSON.stringify, can be found here, it's included in Firefox 3.5.4 and above.

A JSON stringifier goes in the opposite direction, converting JavaScript data structures into JSON text. JSON does not support cyclic data structures, so be careful to not give cyclical structures to the JSON stringifier. https://web.archive.org/web/20100611210643/http://www.json.org/js.html

var myJSONText = JSON.stringify(myObject, replacer);

Upvotes: 121

hotzen
hotzen

Reputation: 2873

something along this?

function dump(x, indent) {
    var indent = indent || '';
    var s = '';
    if (Array.isArray(x)) {
        s += '[';
        for (var i=0; i<x.length; i++) {
            s += dump(x[i], indent)
            if (i < x.length-1) s += ', ';
        }
        s +=']';
    } else if (x === null) {
      s = 'NULL';
    } else switch(typeof x) {
        case 'undefined':
            s += 'UNDEFINED';
            break;
        case 'object':
            s += "{ ";
            var first = true;
            for (var p in x) {
                if (!first) s += indent + '  ';
                s += p + ': ';
                s += dump(x[p], indent + '  ');
                s += "\n"
                first = false;
            }
            s += '}';
            break;
        case 'boolean':
            s += (x) ? 'TRUE' : 'FALSE';
            break;
        case 'number':
            s += x;
            break;
        case 'string':
            s += '"' + x + '"';
            break;
        case 'function':
            s += '<FUNCTION>';
            break;
        default:
            s += x;
            break;
    }
    return s;
}

Upvotes: 2

user579338
user579338

Reputation: 133

Here is the code I use. You should be able to adapt it to your needs.

function process_test_json() {
  var jsonDataArr = { "Errors":[],"Success":true,"Data":{"step0":{"collectionNameStr":"dei_ideas_org_Private","url_root":"http:\/\/192.168.1.128:8500\/dei-ideas_org\/","collectionPathStr":"C:\\ColdFusion8\\wwwroot\\dei-ideas_org\\wwwrootchapter0-2\\verity_collections\\","writeVerityLastFileNameStr":"C:\\ColdFusion8\\wwwroot\\dei-ideas_org\\wwwroot\\chapter0-2\\VerityLastFileName.txt","doneFlag":false,"state_dbrec":{},"errorMsgStr":"","fileroot":"C:\\ColdFusion8\\wwwroot\\dei-ideas_org\\wwwroot"}}};

  var htmlStr= "<h3 class='recurse_title'>[jsonDataArr] struct is</h3> " + recurse( jsonDataArr );
  alert( htmlStr );
  $( document.createElement('div') ).attr( "class", "main_div").html( htmlStr ).appendTo('div#out');
  $("div#outAsHtml").text( $("div#out").html() ); 
}
function recurse( data ) {
  var htmlRetStr = "<ul class='recurseObj' >"; 
  for (var key in data) {
        if (typeof(data[key])== 'object' && data[key] != null) {
            htmlRetStr += "<li class='keyObj' ><strong>" + key + ":</strong><ul class='recurseSubObj' >";
            htmlRetStr += recurse( data[key] );
            htmlRetStr += '</ul  ></li   >';
        } else {
            htmlRetStr += ("<li class='keyStr' ><strong>" + key + ': </strong>&quot;' + data[key] + '&quot;</li  >' );
        }
  };
  htmlRetStr += '</ul >';    
  return( htmlRetStr );
}

</script>
</head><body>
<button onclick="process_test_json()" >Run process_test_json()</button>
<div id="out"></div>
<div id="outAsHtml"></div>
</body>

Upvotes: 4

Ties
Ties

Reputation: 5846

i personally use the jquery dump plugin alot to dump objects, its a bit similar to php's print_r() function Basic usage:

var obj = {
            hubba: "Some string...",
            bubba: 12.5,
            dubba: ["One", "Two", "Three"]
        }
$("#dump").append($.dump(obj));
/* will return:
Object { 
     hubba: "Some string..."
     bubba: 12.5
     dubba: Array ( 
          0 => "One"
          1 => "Two"
          2 => "Three"
     )
}
*/

Its very human readable, i also recommend this site http://json.parser.online.fr/ for creating/parsing/reading json, because it has nice colors

Upvotes: 13

Nick Craver
Nick Craver

Reputation: 630429

You can use console.log() in Firebug or Chrome to get a good object view here, like this:

$.getJSON('my.json', function(data) {
  console.log(data);
});

If you just want to view the string, look at the Resource view in Chrome or the Net view in Firebug to see the actual string response from the server (no need to convert it...you received it this way).

If you want to take that string and break it down for easy viewing, there's an excellent tool here: http://json.parser.online.fr/

Upvotes: 30

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