Convert JSON String to JSON Array in rails?

Question

I have a JSON string in rails as shown below:

[{\"content\":\"1D\",\"createdTime\":\"09-06-2011 00:59\"},{\"content\":\"2D\",\"createdtime\":\"09-06-2011 08:00         


        

Answer 1

If JavaScript code is internal then you can do this:

<script>
    var hives = <%=@hives.html_safe%>;
</script>

Otherwise:

create hidden textarea and set @hives.html_safe as its value now you can get it in JavaScript as element's value as shown below:

In html.erb file

<%= text_area_tag :hives_yearly_temp, @hives.html_safe, { style: "display: none;"} %>

In js file

var hives = JSON.parse( $('#hives_yearly_temp').val() );

To run loop

for(key in hives) {
  alert( hives[key] );
}

Answer 2

ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(string) will decode that for you into a delicious consumable object on the server side.

Answer 3

You can use the json library json

You can then do:

jsonArray = [{"content":"1D","createdTime":"09-06-2011 00:59"},   
              {"content":"2D","createdtime":"09-06-2011 08:00"}]
objArray = JSON.parse(jsonArray)

In response to your comment, you can do this, as long as your JSON fits your model

objArray.each do |object|
  # This is a hash object so now create a new one.
  newMyObject = MyObject.new(object)
  newMyObject.save # You can do validation or any other processing around here.
end