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I have a json string like this

{
 [
  {"plan": "basic", "plan_id": "sub33"},
  {"plan": "advanced", "plan_id: "sub44"}
 ]
}

How can I create a JSON object from the above?

When I try to parse it I get an error:

var obj = jQuery.parseJSON( '{[{"plan": "basic", "plan_id": "sub33"},{"plan": "advanced", "plan_id: "sub44"}]}' );
(program):1 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token [
var obj = jQuery.parse( '{[{"plan": "basic", "plan_id": "sub33"},{"plan": "advanced", "plan_id: "sub44"}]}' );
VM8143:2 Uncaught TypeError: undefined is not a function

He has mistake at unclose ' " ', and how do u get { [] }, where the key of hash? — Legendary
– Legendary, Commented Mar 20, 2015 at 13:23

T.J. Crowder · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-20 13:36:47Z

First, you need valid JSON. Your example isn't valid, it needs a key for the array, e.g.:

{
 "array": [
  {"plan": "basic", "plan_id": "sub33"},
  {"plan": "advanced", "plan_id": "sub44"}
 ]
}

Or, if you just want an array and not an object wrapper around it:

[
  {"plan": "basic", "plan_id": "sub33"},
  {"plan": "advanced", "plan_id": "sub44"}
]

How can I create a JSON object from the above?

You don't, you already have a "JSON object" (text that defines an object). JSON is a textual notation for data exchange; when you turn it into objects in memory, it's not text anymore, so it's not JSON anymore. (Just like a DOM element isn't an HTML string, even though it may have been created from an HTML string.)

To turn it into a JavaScript object, you use JSON.parse (jQuery.parseJSON is fine too, and useful for really old browsers, but all modern browsers have JSON.parse now):

var obj = JSON.parse(yourString);

Example:

var yourString = '{' +
    '"array": ' +
    ' [' +
    '  {"plan": "basic", "plan_id": "sub33"},' +
    '  {"plan": "advanced", "plan_id": "sub44"}' +
    ' ]' +
    '}';
var obj = JSON.parse(yourString);
snippet.log(obj.array[0].plan); // "basic"

<!-- Script provides the `snippet` object, see http://meta.stackexchange.com/a/242144/134069 -->
<script src="http://tjcrowder.github.io/simple-snippets-console/snippet.js"></script>

Or if you just want the array:

Example:

var yourString =
    '[' +
    '  {"plan": "basic", "plan_id": "sub33"},' +
    '  {"plan": "advanced", "plan_id": "sub44"}' +
    ']';
var array = JSON.parse(yourString);
snippet.log(array[0].plan); // "basic"

<!-- Script provides the `snippet` object, see http://meta.stackexchange.com/a/242144/134069 -->
<script src="http://tjcrowder.github.io/simple-snippets-console/snippet.js"></script>

blade091 · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-20 13:25:53Z

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Simply be removing excessive {}. And correcting typo "plan_id**"**:

var x = [
  {"plan": "basic", "plan_id": "sub33"},
  {"plan": "advanced", "plan_id": "sub44"}
];

//x is JS object. JSON is notation, not a constructor. You can stringify to send over the wire, like JSON.stringify(x), this will give you a JSON-string: "[{"plan":"basic","plan_id":"sub33"},{"plan":"advanced","plan_id":"sub44"}]"

answered Mar 20, 2015 at 13:25

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meteor · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-20 13:20:20Z

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You can use JSON.parse(jsonString)

answered Mar 20, 2015 at 13:20

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