Loop through a JSON responseText array using the keys with Javascript

Question

Using Javascript. I'm trying to loop through an array encoded with JSON. Here is a sample of the array:

{"test1":"some info","test2":"more info","test3":"more stuff"}

Inside each loop I am checking to see if a DIV id exists with the name of the keys.

<div id="test1"></div>
<div id="test2"></div>
<div id="test3"></div>

I'm using a for() loop, but I can't get it to work. If I remove the for() loop it works just fine if I search for only 1 DIV id.

for(var key in responseText)

Here is the script. Does anyone know how I can loop through the array from responseText using the array keys as the names of the DIV id's?

<script>
function loadInfo() {
  var req = new Request({
    method: 'get',
    url: 'getinfo.php,
    noCache: true,
    onRequest: function() {
      for (var key in responseText) {
        if (document.getElementById(key)) {
          $(key).set('html', 'Loading');
        }
      }
    },
    onComplete: function(responseText, responseHtml) {
      if (JSON.decode(responseText) != null) {
        var data = JSON.decode(responseText);
        for (var key in responseText) {
          if (document.getElementById(key)) {
            $(key).set('html', data[key]);
          }
        }
      }
    },
    onFailure: function() {
      for (var key in responseText) {
        if (document.getElementById(key)) {
          $(key).set('html', '-');
        }
      }
    }
  }).send();
}
window.addEvent('domready', function() {
  loadInfo();
});    
</script>

Answer 1

You have to decode the JSON before you iterate over the keys. So, where you say:

for(var key in responseText) {

replace that with:

for(var key in data) {

assuming

 var data = JSON.decode(responseText);

Also, some of your callback functions don't specify responseText as a parameter. If you want to access this for each callback, you have to explicitly include responseText as a parameter. Example:

onRequest: function(){

should be:

onRequest: function(responseText){

Answer 2

I think the problem is that you're using the wrong variable name.

var data = JSON.decode(responseText);

for(var key in responseText) {

Should read

var data = JSON.decode(responseText);

for(var key in data) {

Note that instead of responseText after in, it reads data.

Answer 3

Are you sure you don't want JSON.parse? This would parse the JSON response into a javascript object that you can use the for/in against.

var data = JSON.parse(responseText);

Also, you're missing a closing quotation mark after the url:

url:'getinfo.php',  // Closed the quote