Question

Below is the code generated by json_encode() at the ajax page. Now, I want to retrieve the data (Title, ISBN, Authors…). Can anyone give me a hand? I’ve looked at jQuery.parseJSON function but get confused.

{
    "9780077225957": {
        "Items_Data": {
            "Title": "Developing Management Skills: What Great Managers Know and Do",
            "Data_Source": "Amazon",
            "Item_ID": "1329",
            "ISBN": "9780077225957",
            "Authors": "Timothy Baldwin",
            "Edition": "1",
            "Year": "2007",
            "Publisher": "McGraw-Hill/Irwin",
            "Amazon_Thumb_URL": "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41pVf7GKujL._SL160_.jpg"
        }
    }
}

Answer 1

Just assigning in a JavaScript variable will work though I think you need to change 9780077225957 as key at the very first because you wont be access it using (.) operator. I have changed that to Book9780077225957 and working fine. Here is the code I have used

var book = { "Book9780077225957" : { "Items_Data": { "Title": "Developing Management Skills: What Great Managers Know and Do", "Data_Source": "Amazon", "Item_ID": "1329", "ISBN": "9780077225957", "Authors": "Timothy Baldwin", "Edition": "1", "Year": "2007", "Publisher": "McGraw-Hill/Irwin", "Amazon_Thumb_URL": "http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41pVf7GKujL.SL160.jpg" } } };

alert(book.Book9780077225957.Items_Data.Title);