Simple json array structure

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i know the next question must seem stupid but i'll do it anyway :)

I've got this structure:

{
      "name": "Erjet Malaj",
      "first_name": "Erjet",
      "work": [
        {
          "employer": {
            "id": "110108059015688",
            "name": "Art of Living Foundation"
          },
          "position": {
            "id": "137081429661437",
            "name": "Volunteer"
          },
          "start_date": "0000-00",
          "end_date": "0000-00"
        },
        {

I retrieve response.data[i].first_name like this, how am i supposed to retrieve work id?

work doesn't have an ID. Do you mean the employer ID or position ID? — apsillers
– apsillers, Commented May 24, 2012 at 12:39

Bergi · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-24 12:46:07Z

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work is an array. You need to loop through it

var work = response.data[i].work,
    worklen = work.length,
    j, workdetails;

for(j = 0; j < worklen; j++){

    //simplify for readability
    workdetails = work[j];

    //where prop is "employer" or "position"
    workdetails[prop].id 
    workdetails[prop].name
}

edited May 24, 2012 at 12:46

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answered May 24, 2012 at 12:39

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Al Alb Over a year ago

Hey, since i'm here, can i please make you a question, so i need to loop throuh all my id's then for each id extract the work id, what am i doing wrong here please? for(var i=0; i<response.data.length; i++){ var work = response.data[i].work, worklen = work.length, j, workdetails; for(j = 0; j < worklen; j++){ //simplify for readability workdetails = work[j]; //where prop is "employer" or "position" workdetails[prop].id workdetails[prop].name testdiv.innerHTML += workdetails; }

Bergi Over a year ago

@AlAlb: Please edit your question and post the code there. Nothing is worse than multiline-code in comments...

Taha Paksu · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-24 12:38:26Z

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did you try response.data[i].work.position.id ?

on second thought, work is an array of objects, so it's accessed like :

response.data[i].work[0].position.id

answered May 24, 2012 at 12:38

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cmilhench · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-24 12:39:53Z

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Assuming you mean employer id of a given work

This should get the employer id

response.data[i].work[j].employer.id

You could also do this (depending on preference)

response.data[i].work[j]['employer'].id

In this case the work position is j (used as an array indexer), replace j with 0 to tget the first, with 1 to get the second etc.

answered May 24, 2012 at 12:39

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apsillers · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-24 12:53:45Z

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There is an id for the employer and position of each record in the work array. If you want to loop over a person's work entries and collect those IDs, use:

var person = response.data[i];
var work = person.work;

for(var j = 0; j < work.length; ++j) {
    var work_entry = work[j];
    console.log(work_entry.employer.id);
    console.log(work_entry.position.id); 
}

The entries in the work array are accessed numerically from 0. The entries themselves are objects, and you can access their properties using obj_name.property_name or obj_name["property_name"]

edited May 24, 2012 at 12:53

answered May 24, 2012 at 12:46

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Al Alb Over a year ago

Thanks, this was all i needed, it took me time to understand how it works :)

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