extract and log a value from JSON data using jquery

Question

I have searched and searched but being unsure how to phrase my queries I have been unable to achieve what i believe is a simple goal.

I have an RSS feed from Deviant Art that is run through Yahoo Pipes

this is the pipe" http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=63478be58fb00758ded9d5108170f931

the JSON the pipe produces http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=63478be58fb00758ded9d5108170f931&_render=json looks like this:

What I am trying to achieve is a simple way of parsing the data via jquery(or just JS) and then generating a simple txt list of usernames from the Deviant Art and the links to those users pages.

You are lacking quite a bit of important info my friend. Most specifically, what language are you using? — BlackHatSamurai, Dec 05 '12 at 22:18
sorry, thanks for the alert, I've updated the question. I am very new here and trying to learn javascript. I am using either javascript or jquery. — Bacteria Bacteria, Dec 05 '12 at 22:21

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 05 '12 at 22:34

You can use :

jQuery.parseJSON( json ) Link to jQuery Documentaion

parsedObject =jQuery.parseJSON( '{"url":"http:\/\/darksilverflame.deviantart.com","content":"Copyright 2012 *DarkSilverflame","description":null,"title":null}');

or form Chrome (F12 -> Console then test the folowing)

  a = JSON.parse('{"url":"http:\/\/darksilverflame.deviantart.com","content":"Copyright 2012 *DarkSilverflame","description":null,"title":null}');

I hope that helps.

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Dec 05 '12 at 22:55

To further on Mehdi's answer: if you are looking for a simple way to retrieve and process the data in one step, you can start with the usual incantation:

$.getJSON('http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.run?_id=63478be58fb00758ded9d5108170f931&_render=json', function(data){ $.each(data.items, function(i, item) { // do something here } } );

http://docs.jquery.com/Ajax/jQuery.getJSON

extract and log a value from JSON data using jquery

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