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Asked: 2026-06-12T08:30:02+00:00

I am trying to convert a JSON into an unordered list in jQuery.This is

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I am trying to convert a JSON into an unordered list in jQuery.This is my JSON data.

var myJSON = "{name:\"Director\",children:[name:\"Exe Director1\",name:\"Exe Director2\",name:\"Exe Director3\",children:[name:\"Sub Director1\",name:\"Sub Director2\",name:\"Sub Director3\",children:[name:\"Cameraman 1\",name:\"Cameraman 2\"]]]}";

The expected output being

<ul>
    <li>Director
        <ul>
            <li>Exe Director 1</li>
            <li>Exe Director 2</li>
            <li>Exe Director 3
                <ul>
                    <li>Sub Director 1</li>
                    <li>Sub Director 2</li>
                    <li>Sub Director 3
                        <ul>
                            <li>Cameraman 1</li>
                            <li>Cameraman 2</li>
                        </ul>
                    </li>
                </ul>
            </li>
        </ul>
    </li>
</ul>

How do I go about with this!

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  1. Editorial Team

    This is exactly what you need:

    Use the jQuery template API. This was once part of jQuery but is currently only available as plugin. However, I think jQuery will adopt this or a similar technique again soon.

    http://api.jquery.com/category/plugins/templates/

    Its super easy to use:

    $.tmpl("template", jsonObject)

    Here a small basic template example:

    $.tmpl(
    "<li><b>${Id}</b>${Name}</li>", 
    [{Id:1, Name:"Werner"}, {Id:2, Name:"Klaus"}]
);

    This will result in the following jQuery HTML element that can be appended to anywhere:

  2. 1 Werner
  3. 2 Klaus

    4. For your complex data, you can also iterate JSON sub objects using the “{{each}}” template notation. Here the code for your data and template:

    var data = {name:"Director",children:[{name:"Exe Director1"},{name:"Exe Director2"},{name:"Exe Director3", children:[{name:"Sub Director3_1"},{name:"Sub Director3_2"},{name:"Sub Director3_3",children:[{name:"Cameraman3_3_1"},{name:"Cameraman3_3_2"}]}]}]};

var template = '\
    <ul>\
        <li>${name}\
            <ul>\
                {{each(childindex, child) children}}\
                    <li>${child.name}\
                        <ul>\
                            {{each(child2index, child2) child.children}}\
                                <li>${child2.name}</li>\
                            {{/each}}\
                        </ul>\
                    </li>\
                {{/each}}\
            </ul>\
        </li>\
    </ul>\
';

$('body').empty().append($.tmpl(template, data));

    Browsers Result:

    • Director
      • Exe Director1
      • Exe Director2
      • Exe Director3
        • Sub Director3_1
        • Sub Director3_2
        • Sub Director3_3
        • …

    This can be tweaked to support full recursion by including nested templates… but im a lazy guy and the rest is todo for you.

    cheers,
    will

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