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A common use of JSON is to exchange data to/from a web server.When receiving data from a web server, the data is always a string.Parse the data with JSON.parse(), and the data becomes a JavaScript object
Imagine we received this text from a web server:
'{"name":"John", "age":30, "city":"New York"}'
Use the JavaScript function JSON.parse()
to convert text into a JavaScript object:
const obj = JSON.parse('{"name":"John", "age":30, "city":"New
York"}');
Make sure the text is in JSON format, or else you will get a syntax error.
Use the JavaScript object in your page:
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = obj.name;
</script>
When using the JSON.parse()
on a JSON derived from an array, the method will
return a JavaScript array, instead of a JavaScript object.
const text = '["Ford", "BMW", "Audi", "Fiat"]';
const myArr = JSON.parse(text);
Parsing Dates
Date objects are not allowed in JSON.
If you need to include a date, write it as a string.
You can convert it back into a date object later:
Convert a string into a date:
const text =
'{"name":"John", "birth":"1986-12-14", "city":"New York"}';
const obj = JSON.parse(text);
obj.birth = new Date(obj.birth);
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = obj.name + ", " + obj.birth;
Or, you can use the second parameter, of the JSON.parse()
function, called reviver.
The reviver parameter is a function that checks each property, before returning the value.
Convert a string into a date, using the reviver function:
const text =
'{"name":"John", "birth":"1986-12-14", "city":"New York"}';
const obj = JSON.parse(text, function (key, value) {
if
(key == "birth") {
return new
Date(value);
} else {
return value;
}
});
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = obj.name + ", " + obj.birth;
Parsing Functions
Functions are not allowed in JSON.
If you need to include a function, write it as a string.
You can convert it back into a function later:
Convert a string into a function:
const text =
'{"name":"John", "age":"function () {return
30;}", "city":"New York"}';
const obj = JSON.parse(text);
obj.age = eval("(" + obj.age + ")");
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = obj.name + ", " +
obj.age();
You should avoid using functions in JSON, the functions will lose their scope,
and you would have to use eval()
to convert them back into functions.