prabhu wrote in post #1145452:
I have a string object which is basically in a json format and while
trying to print it shows in console as
item =
{
"id": "4c9f83e4-f479-48d0-9f92-3fff70a8f6ba",
"item":
“{“business”:“1114”,“class”:“Demo”,“date”:“01-01-2014”,“version”:”",“data”:“dummy”,“name”:“Finance”}"
}
I need to get the values of business, class, date etc and pass it as
params
to my method. So I tried to convert it into hashes as below
hash_item = JSON.parse (item)
and output in console shows as
The converted hash item is
{"guid"=>"4c9f83e4-f479-48d0-9f92-3fff70a8f6ba",
“item”=>"{“business”:“1114”,“class”:“Demo”,“date”:“01-01-2014”,“version”:"",“data”:“Dummy”,“name”:“Finance”}"}
But when I try to access the hash value for business as
hash_item['item']['business'] it shows
“business”
since the value of item is a String in the hash_item. I am not sure
whether my approach is correct or not. So is there any better idea or
any
inputs to retrieve the hash values . Please help.
Let me try to explain by example…
JSON demo 1:
{
“id”: “4c9f83e4-f479-48d0-9f92-3fff70a8f6ba”,
“item”: {
“business”: “1114”,
“class”: “Demo”,
“date”: “01-01-2014”
}
}
item = “{“id”: “4c9f83e4-f479-48d0-9f92-3fff70a8f6ba”,“item”:
{“business”: “1114”,“class”: “Demo”, “date”: “01-01-2014”}}”
json = JSON.parse(item)
=> {“id”=>“4c9f83e4-f479-48d0-9f92-3fff70a8f6ba”,
“item”=>{“business”=>“1114”, “class”=>“Demo”, “date”=>“01-01-2014”}}
json[‘id’]
=> “4c9f83e4-f479-48d0-9f92-3fff70a8f6ba”
json[‘item’]
=> {“business”=>“1114”, “class”=>“Demo”, “date”=>“01-01-2014”}
json[‘item’][‘business’]
=> “1114”
json[‘item’][‘class’]
=> “Demo”
JSON Demo 2:
{
“id”: “4c9f83e4-f479-48d0-9f92-3fff70a8f6ba”,
“item”: “{“business”: “1114”,“class”:
“Demo”, “date”: “01-01-2014"”
}”
}
item = “{“id”: “4c9f83e4-f479-48d0-9f92-3fff70a8f6ba”, “item”:
“{“business”: “1114”, “class”:
“Demo”, “date”: “01-01-2014”}”}”
json = JSON.parse(item)
=> {“id”=>“4c9f83e4-f479-48d0-9f92-3fff70a8f6ba”,
“item”=>"{“business”: “1114”, “class”:
“Demo”, “date”: “01-01-2014”}"}
json[‘id’]
=> “4c9f83e4-f479-48d0-9f92-3fff70a8f6ba”
json[‘item’]
=> “{“business”: “1114”, “class”:
“Demo”, “date”: “01-01-2014”}”
json[‘item’][‘business’]
=> “business”
It appears to me you’re seeing something like “JSON Demo 2”. What you
want is what you see in “JSON Demo 1”.