Question

I am calling a webservice using jQuery/AJAX which returns a string array (string[]).

This is my response:

{"GetTagsResult":["acceleration","aktantmodellen","ampere","analyse","analyseeksempel","atmosfæren","best practice","boganmeldelse","brændtrekanten","cellemembran"]}

I want to get the list out in a variable, so I only operate on the list and not the “GetTagsResult” key name.

This is my call:

 $(document).ready(function () {
        $("#myabtags").tagit({
            tagSource: function (request, response) {
                $.ajax({
                    type: "POST",
                    url: "Services/ForumOperationService.svc/GetTags",
                    datatype: "json",
                    contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
                    data: {},
                    success: function (data) {
                        response(data);
                    }
                });
            },
            removeConfirmation: true

        });
    });

I have tried the following things on response(data) line:

• response(data.d)
• response(data.value)
• response(data[0].value)

But nothing helps.

I want to get the following out in the variable instead:

         ["acceleration","aktantmodellen","ampere","analyse","analyseeksempel","atmosfæren", "best practice","boganmeldelse","brændtrekanten","cellemembran"]

Answer 1

You array is in

data["GetTagsResult"]

You may also get it with

data.GetTagsResult

So you may call

response(data.GetTagsResult);

This MDN guide might help : Working with objects