Variable undefined when getting json from api

Question

I wanna know why is it giving me undefined when I try to get a variable inside my json.

Here's the code I am executing:

var options = {
  host: url,
  path: '/api/v1/outside_processes/active_companies?process_token=' + process_token,
  method: 'POST'
};

http.request(options, function(res) {
  res.setEncoding('utf8');
  res.on('data', function (data) {
    console.log(data);
    console.log(data.data);
    console.log(data["data"]);
    console.log(data.paging);
  });
}).end();

The json coming from the api:

{
"data": [
    {
        "id": 37
        ...more data
    },
    {
        "id": 15,
          ...more data
    }
],
"paging": 0
}

What i am getting in the console:

{"data":[{ all the data is showing here }],"paging":0}

undefined

^^ E.g., data = JSON.parse(data) as the first line of your callback. — T.J. Crowder
– T.J. Crowder, Commented Nov 18, 2016 at 17:17
@Mahi: It's a string. If you want an object, you need to parse the string. — SLaks
– SLaks, Commented Nov 18, 2016 at 17:30

samdenicola · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-18 17:39:08Z

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Looks like your route is returning the stringified JSON.

Try

jsonData = JSON.parse(data)
console.log(jsonData)
console.log(jsonData.data)
console.log(jsonData.paging)

answered Nov 18, 2016 at 17:39

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Gustavo Gabriel Over a year ago

I also had to change the data variable to a different name like resp_data, because the variable inside my json was also called data and it was giving me conflicts...

Alaguvel · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-18 17:56:58Z

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when you console it, if it is a Object it should be displayed as below

Object {data: Array[2], paging: 0}

as your result shows clearly that it's a string so you need to parse it as told by the above answers

answered Nov 18, 2016 at 17:56

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