JSON.parse(text)

Method Description	Parse a string as a JSON object and returns the object. The text parameter must conform to the JSON standard. See http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4627.txt.
Returns	Object
Supported Script Types	Client and server scripts
Governance	None
Global object	JSON object
Since	2015.2

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required / Optional	Description	Since
text	string	required	Text to parse as a JSON object. The string must conform to the JSON standard.	2015.2
reviver	Function	optional	Specifies how to transform the parsed value before it is returned	2015.2

Syntax

The following code snippet shows the syntax for this member. It is not a functional example.

          ...
var text = '{ "employees" : [' +
           '{ "firstName":"John" , "lastName":"Doe" },' +
           '{ "firstName":"Anna" , "lastName":"Smith" },' +
           '{ "firstName":"Peter" , "lastName":"Jones" } ]}';
var obj = JSON.parse(text);
var firstEmp = obj.employees[1].firstName + " " + obj.employees[1].lastName;
... 

        

Related Topics

JSON object

JSON.stringify(obj)

General Notices