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mbajur
mbajur

Reputation: 4474

Not able to parse JSON with jQuery

I have a probably quite simple to solve problem. I'm trying to parse this JSON file using jquery:

http://pastebin.com/c14G0mJ1

My jQuery code looks like that:

$.post("/xhr/fav_switch", {event_id: event_id}, function(data) {
    event = jQuery.parseJSON(data);
    alert(event.pk);
});

but no matter which field i'm trying to access in alert, it allways says undefined. have you any idea what am i doing wrong? Any help would be appreciated :)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 443

Answers (2)

nnnnnn
nnnnnn

Reputation: 150010

First of all your data is an array with exactly one element, so you need to access it as:

event[0].pk
event[0].fields.updated
// etc

But also jQuery ajax methods usually parses the JSON for you so you may find you can just say:

data[0].pk
data[0].fields.updated

without needing to use event = jQuery.parseJSON(data).

Upvotes: 1

PatrikAkerstrand
PatrikAkerstrand

Reputation: 45721

$.post("/xhr/fav_switch", {event_id: event_id}, function(data) {
    var events = jQuery.parseJSON(data);
    var event = events[0];
    alert(event.pk);
});

You get an array (with one element) back, so event is an array. You need to get the first element of the array to get to the event object itself.

Upvotes: 3

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