Question

With array notation such as the following:

$.each(data.feed.entry, function(i, item) 
{
    var id = item['id']['$t'];
});

I can retrieve the id field from a Youtube JSON feed as this string:

tag:youtube.com,2008:video:W5XpXU8TBoo

corresponding to this JSON:

entry: [

    *
      -
      {
          o
            -
            id: {
                + $t: "tag:youtube.com,2008:video:W5XpXU8TBoo"
            }

When I try to use $.parseJSON to retrieve the video value, it says this is not valid JSON:

$.each(data.feed.entry, function(i, item) 
{
    var id = item['id']['$t'];
            var video = $.parseJSON(item['id']['$t']).video;
});

Is there another way to get the video value (i.e.: W5XpXU8TBoo) from this JSON element?

Answer 1

You can grab the video ID elsewhere in the returned object a bit simpler, like this:

$.each(data.feed.entry, function(i, item) {
  var id = this.media$group.yt$videoid.$t;
  //use id
});

You can test it out here.