Question

I have this case (a JSON string returned by my server):

{"success": true, "users": [1, 3, 4, 8]}

However, when using this kind of request, I’d get that response as a “string”:

var availableUsers = $.ajax({
    url: absPath + '/users/findUsers',
    type: 'POST',
    data: {contents: $('#messageTo').val()},
    dataType: 'json',
    async: false
}).responseText;

With: alert(typeof(availableUsers)); I’d get: string return value from typeof.

When doing this:

window.eval(availableUsers); It won’t be evaluated as expected, to a JavaScript Object.

How can I get the valid JSON response (using, async: false) converted to a JavaScript accessable Object or how can I propertly evaluate the string returned from the server?

Thanks!

Answer 1

try setting the content type of your request to application/json
read more here: What is the correct JSON content type?