jQuery - parsing JSON data - Having trouble with variable name

Question

My first delve into working with JSON data. I have a bit of experience using jQuery though.

I\'m posting to this URL (tumblr api): jyoseph.com/api/read/json

What

Answer 1

Use the bracket notation to access the members:

var photo500 = this['photo-url-500']; 

Answer 2

Please note it is best not to append inside each iteration. Better to append to a string or push to an array then append once after the iterator has finished. Appending to the dom is expensive.

Answer 3

If there are dashes in the names you'll need to access them differently. Change var photo500 = this.photo-url-500; to read var photo500 = this["photo-url-500"];.