Display JSON object in DIV using jQuery

Question

Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong here? I am retrieving a JSON object using ESPN API, however I am unable to make it display in a DIV on my HTML page.

My jQuery

$.ajax({
    type: "GET",
    dataType: "json",
    data: " ",
    url: 'http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/basketball/nba/teams/16?enable=stats,leaders&seasontype=2&_accept=text/json&apikey=XXXXX2457896',
    success: function(data) {
      $('#result').html(data);
      console.log('Load was performed.');
    }
});

My Returned JSON

{
  "sports": [
    {
      "name": "basketball",
      "id": 40,
      "leagues": [
        {
          "id": 46,
          "groupId": 7,
          "name": "National Basketball Assoc.",
          "abbreviation": "NBA",
          "teams": [
            {
              "id": 16,
              "location": "Minnesota",
              "name": "Timberwolves",
              "abbreviation": "MIN",
              "color": "0E3764",
              "links": {
                "api": {
                  "teams": {
                    "href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/basketball/nba/teams/16"
                  },
                  "news": {
                    "href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/basketball/nba/teams/16/news"
                  },
                  "notes": {
                    "href": "http://api.espn.com/v1/sports/basketball/nba/teams/16/news/notes"
                  }
                },
                "web": {
                  "teams": {
                    "href": "http://espn.go.com/nba/team/_/name/min/minnesota-timberwolves?ex_cid=espnapi_public"
                  }
                },
                "mobile": {
                  "teams": {
                    "href": "http://m.espn.go.com/nba/clubhouse?teamId=16&ex_cid=espnapi_public"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "resultsOffset": 0,
  "resultsLimit": 50,
  "resultsCount": 1,
  "timestamp": "2012-07-03T16:33:07Z",
  "status": "success"
}

The request works fine and everything. I just can't figure out how to get the data to appear on my HTML page.I thought I could just use the .html() property, but I must be missing something.

Thanks for your help..

Do you want to output it just to prove it's there, or do you want to literally see a JSON object? Or do you want it nicely formatted for some sort of statistics page or fan page widget? What is the end product meant to be? — Greg Pettit
– Greg Pettit, Commented Jul 3, 2012 at 16:54
@Greg Pettit.. End goal would make it nicely formatted. The product is meant to be a sports app. So basically I want to be able to display the data in a usable manor.Thanks... — khollenbeck
– khollenbeck, Commented Jul 3, 2012 at 17:41

GʀᴜᴍᴘʏCᴀᴛ · Accepted Answer · 2016-03-24 19:13:16Z

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Here is a jsfiddle.

Look at the bottom of the JavaScript where I get the JSON. Then I use dot notation to traverse the object and get the information I need and output it:

data.sports[0].leagues[0].teams[0].links.api this is the sort of thing you will need to do

$.getJSON('/sports', function(data) {

    var links = data.sports[0].leagues[0].teams[0].links.api

    for(var key in links) {

        $('body').append('<a href="'+ links[key].href +'">'+ links[key].href +'</a><br />');          

    }                 

});

the [0] is used because you have used arrays in your JSON.

edited Mar 24, 2016 at 19:13

GʀᴜᴍᴘʏCᴀᴛ

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answered Jul 3, 2012 at 17:55

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jamcoupe · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-03 16:44:03Z

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Wrap the json in a <pre></pre> block and then output that onto the page

answered Jul 3, 2012 at 16:44

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Greg Pettit Over a year ago

If that works at all (haven't tried it, but let's say it does), it will just show the big JSON-formatted string. I suspect Kris wants human-formatted output.

jamcoupe Over a year ago

He said he wanted to have the data appear on the page. If he wants it formatted he could use the data.sports to get access to the json data and output any of the properties he wants

Greg Pettit Over a year ago

@jamcoupe Yes, exactly. I just asked instead of making assumptions (whoops!) but I admit, my assumption is that they want to have nice-looking output of the information found within data.sports and just doesn't know how to build an iterator to loop over it and grab those parts. Could be a bad assumption.

khollenbeck Over a year ago

@jamcoupe .. Could you give me an example of how to do the data.sports .. Thanks...

jamcoupe Over a year ago

@KrisHollenbeck I have added a new answer with giving you an example of how to use dot notation on a json object

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Devraj Gadhavi · Accepted Answer · 2016-04-11 08:06:44Z

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data.sports[0].leagues[0].teams[0].links.api

this is the sort of thing you will need to do

$.getJSON('/sports', function(data) {

    var links = data.sports[0].leagues[0].teams[0].links.api

    for(var key in links) {

        $('body').append('<a href="'+ links[key].href +'">'+ links[key].href +'</a><br />');          

    }
}

edited Apr 11, 2016 at 8:06

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answered Apr 11, 2016 at 7:32

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