Using JSON.parse for accessing a json file

Question

jQuery Code:

$(document).ready(function(){
    $.getJSON('dat.js', function(data) {
         var obj = JSON.parse(data);
         alert(obj[0].title);
    });
});

My JSON file :

{
    "posts": 
    [
        {
        "title": "ajax | Programming ",
        "url": "hello"
        },
        {
        "title": "jQuery and Ajax Demos Pard - 3",
        "url": "how are you"
        },
    ]
}

Its giving me an error JSON.parse:unexpected character. But when I tried to do it by taking the json inside an array its ok then. I want to access the data from json file itself

It's the extra comma character after the last post object, after "how are you". — Eliseu Monar dos Santos
– Eliseu Monar dos Santos, Commented Mar 21, 2012 at 5:37

Nirav Gandhi · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-21 06:36:51Z

1

you do parseJSON when your input is a json string and u expect an object. Here, getJSON is already giving u the response as an object.

try this

$(document).ready(function(){

    $.getJSON('dat.js', function(obj) {
         alert(obj.posts[0].title);
        });
    });

edited Mar 21, 2012 at 6:36

answered Mar 21, 2012 at 6:05

Nirav Gandhi

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Andreas Wong · Accepted Answer · 2012-03-21 05:37:44Z

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A Quick jslint check says that you have invalid json at line 11 },, Try removing the comma from the last member of "posts" and see if that help

            {
            "title": "jQuery and Ajax Demos Pard - 3",
            "url": "how are you"
            }, <---- THIS

answered Mar 21, 2012 at 5:37

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3 Comments

Andreas Wong Over a year ago

are you able to give me the link to the page's url?

Arnab Shaw Over a year ago

but when i attach the same in json its not working JSON.parse:unexpected charecter.

Andreas Wong Over a year ago

can you try inspecting the response from chrome's console? See if your server returns any funky characters

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