Questions tagged [json]
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a serializable data interchange format that is a machine and human readable. Do not use this tag for native JavaScript objects or JavaScript object literals. Before you ask a question, validate your JSON using a JSON validator such as JSONLint (https://jsonlint.com).
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Which JSON content type do I use?
There are many "standards" for the JSON content type:
application/json
application/x-javascript
text/javascript
text/x-javascript
text/x-json
Which one do I use, and where? I assume ...
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Why does Google prepend while(1); to their JSON responses?
Why does Google prepend while(1); to their (private) JSON responses?
For example, here's a response while turning a calendar on and off in Google Calendar:
while (1);
[
['u', [
['smsSentFlag', ...
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How do I POST JSON data with cURL?
I use Ubuntu and installed cURL on it. I want to test my Spring REST application with cURL. I wrote my POST code at the Java side. However, I want to test it with cURL. I am trying to post a JSON data....
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How can I pretty-print JSON in a shell script?
Is there a (Unix) shell script to format JSON in human-readable form?
Basically, I want it to transform the following:
{ "foo": "lorem", "bar": "ipsum" }
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pretty-print JSON using JavaScript
How can I display JSON in an easy-to-read (for human readers) format? I'm looking primarily for indentation and whitespace, with perhaps even colors / font-styles / etc.
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What is JSONP, and why was it created?
I understand JSON, but not JSONP. Wikipedia's document on JSON is (was) the top search result for JSONP. It says this:
JSONP or "JSON with padding" is a JSON extension wherein a prefix is specified ...
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How do I format a Microsoft JSON date?
I'm taking my first crack at Ajax with jQuery. I'm getting my data onto my page, but I'm having some trouble with the JSON data that is returned for Date data types. Basically, I'm getting a string ...
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How do I write JSON data to a file?
How do I write JSON data stored in the dictionary data to a file?
f = open('data.json', 'wb')
f.write(data)
This gives the error:
TypeError: must be string or buffer, not dict
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Convert form data to JavaScript object with jQuery
How do I convert all elements of my form to a JavaScript object?
I'd like to have some way of automatically building a JavaScript object from my form, without having to loop over each element. I do ...
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Parse JSON in JavaScript? [duplicate]
I want to parse a JSON string in JavaScript. The response is something like
var response = '{"result":true,"count":1}';
How can I get the values result and count from this?
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What is the "right" JSON date format?
I've seen so many different standards for the JSON date format:
"\"\\/Date(1335205592410)\\/\"" .NET JavaScriptSerializer
"\"\\/Date(1335205592410-0500)\\/\"" .NET ...
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How to compare arrays in JavaScript?
I'd like to compare two arrays... ideally, efficiently. Nothing fancy, just true if they are identical, and false if not. Not surprisingly, the comparison operator doesn't seem to work.
var a1 = [1,2,...
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Why can't Python parse this JSON data? [closed]
I have this JSON in a file:
{
"maps": [
{
"id": "blabla",
"iscategorical": "0"
},
{
&...
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