Question

The following resp is a string that is similar to hash in structure.

(rdb:1) p resp
"{\"_id\":\"4dd4eaa872f8be2d380000af\",\"account_id\":\"4dd0d71272f8be0499000009\",\"created_at\":\"2011-05-19T15:47:16+05:45\",\"line_id\":\"4dd4ea9d72f8be2d380000a5\",\"order\":{\"_id\":\"4dd4eaa872f8be2d380000b9\",\"amount\":1.2000000000000002,\"service_charge\":0.0},\"owner_id\":\"4dd0d71272f8be0499000008\",\"tenant_id\":\"4dca3f8e72f8be2950000003\",\"through_api\":true,\"title\":\"run name\",\"updated_at\":\"2011-05-19T15:47:16+05:45\"}"

How can I convert this into a hash?

Answer 1

This seems like a JSON encoded object.
Try this:

require 'json'
p JSON.load(resp)

json is part of Ruby 1.9, if you use 1.8 (or another Ruby implementation) you might need to install the json gem using gem install json.