jQuery - Search through JSON array

Question

I need to search through JSON data and find every object that contains the \"kind\" \"playlist\" and then go through the tracks and pull information which will be put into a hmt

Answer 1

try this code:

var objJson = jQuery.parseJSON(json);
jQuery.each(objJson , function(i, val) {
      alert(val);
    });

Answer 2

This should do what you're looking for.

$.each(json, function (i, elem) {
    if (elem.kind === 'playlist') {
        $.each(elem.tracks, function (i, elem) {
            console.log(elem.title);
        });
    }
});

UPDATE:

This will work with either URL. Also, here's a fiddle with more a more advanced client-side output: http://jsfiddle.net/jTLvE/

var parse = function (json) {
    $.each(json, function (i, elem) {
        if (elem.kind === 'playlist') {
            $.each(elem.tracks, function (i, elem) {
                console.log(elem.title);
            });
        }
    });
},
parseReturnedData = function (json) {
    var isObject = (typeof json === 'object' && json instanceof Object),
        isArray = (typeof json === 'object' && json instanceof Array),
        newArray = [];
    if (isArray) {
        parse(json);
    } else if (isObject) {
        newArray.push(json);
        parse(newArray);
    }
};

Answer 3

Have you tried json path? I used it and it's small and fast, especially for searching json trees (for searching and writing I'd use flock though).