Convert String to Array with Javascript?

Question

I've got some Data being returned by an API that is formatted in a string, I want to convert it to an array so I can pick values out of it.

Comes in like the following:

images/20100819_202433.jpg{
"permalink": "http://burstn.com/sayhi#burst/06d67eed55d05dd545583de5b4ca3556", 
"total_comments": "0", 
"caption": "", 
"created_at": "2010-08-20 03:24:35.759172+0000", 
"coordinates": {
    "latitude": "", 
    "longitude": ""
}, 
"public": "False", 
"source": "wesbos_webcam", 
"total_likes": "0", 
"user": {
    "username": "sayhi", 
    "display_name": null, 
    "permalink": "http://burstn.com/sayhi", 
    "profile_image": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?default=http%3A%2F%2Fburstn.com%2Fimages%2Favatar.jpg&size=100&gravatar_id=e1cb97806d9df68d0e5daec9810cb228", 
    "id": 357
}, 
"image": {
    "large": "http://media.burstn.com/06d67eed55d05dd545583de5b4ca3556-large.jpg", 
    "width": 500, 
    "medium": "http://media.burstn.com/06d67eed55d05dd545583de5b4ca3556-medium.jpg", 
    "square": "http://media.burstn.com/06d67eed55d05dd545583de5b4ca3556-square.jpg", 
    "thumb": "http://media.burstn.com/06d67eed55d05dd545583de5b4ca3556-thumb.jpg", 
    "small": "http://media.burstn.com/06d67eed55d05dd545583de5b4ca3556-small.jpg", 
    "original": "http://media.burstn.com/06d67eed55d05dd545583de5b4ca3556-original.jpg", 
    "height": 500
}, 
"id": "06d67eed55d05dd545583de5b4ca3556", 
"comments": {
    "paging": {
        "previous": "", 
        "next": "http://burstn.com/api/1/comments/?burst_id=06d67eed55d05dd545583de5b4ca3556&page=2"
    }, 
    "data": []
}

}

So, snip the front text off and then convery the rest into an array. How can I do this with JS?

Eugene Ramirez · Accepted Answer · 2010-08-20 03:35:04Z

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I think what you mean is convert the string to json format? If I am right you can try JSON

It can convert string to json and vice-versa.

alert(JSON.decode('[0,1,false,true,null,[2,3],{"some":"value"}]'))

// 0,1,false,true,,2,3,[object Object]

answered Aug 20, 2010 at 3:35

Eugene Ramirez

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Matt Evanoff Over a year ago

Yes, javascript does not have named arrays, but you can use an object like one.

wesbos Over a year ago

Okay, so how do I isolate a part of the above?

Christian C. Salvadó Over a year ago

I would recommend the json2.js library, because most modern browsers (even IE8) support the standard JSON object natively, and this library will use the native implementation if available. JSON.parse is the standard method to parse a JSON formatted string to a JavaScript object.

Mohammad Usman · Accepted Answer · 2017-11-15 12:48:35Z

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The response you have got from the API is JSON response.

Say you have the following response:

var response = {"data": "name", "Id" : "1"};

You can use response.data or response.Id

edited Nov 15, 2017 at 12:48

Mohammad Usman

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answered Aug 20, 2010 at 7:27

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