JSON String to Object - Ruby on Rails

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In my controller I have a 'show' action and inside of it is an instance variable like:

@resume = Resume.find(params[:id])

It grabs the appropriate information from the database and displays that specific resume on the "show" page.

One of the fields is a string called "content" with a json object inside.

I want to know how to turn that @resume.content from a json string into an object so I can loop through it on the show page template.

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Can you post the actual value inside the content attribute? And also the string that's returned when you do content.to_json? — Jeremy Green
– Jeremy Green, Commented Oct 12, 2013 at 4:11

zzxx53 · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-12 00:42:12Z

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Have you tried @resume.content.to_json ?

answered Oct 12, 2013 at 0:42

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lemonginger Over a year ago

based on the fact that they have a show action in their resume controller, I think it's safe to say they are using rails

zhs Over a year ago

Ok I just tried that and it's converting it into a json string so i set it to a variable and tried parsing the variable. This is currently what's in my resumes/show action -> (at)resume = Resume.find(params[:id]) str = (at)resume.content.to_json (at)resumeContent = JSON.parse(str)

Billy Chan · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-12 04:00:18Z

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To parse a string to Ruby object

JSON.parse @resume.content

answered Oct 12, 2013 at 4:00

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