Javascript accessing a nested object from ajax response

Question

response._bodyText works, but I get undefined when I use response._bodyText.result

What do you mean response._bodyText works? Can you do console.log(response._bodyText)? What do you see? (You might have to JSON.stringify it.) — Ray Toal
– Ray Toal, Commented Jan 21, 2018 at 16:11
Are you using a library for this? XMLHttpRequest itself does not have a _bodyText property. If you ARE using a library then you MUST realize that there is an informal coding convention in js that variables that begin with underscore is to be considered private so users MUST NOT USE _bodyText. Look at the object's prototype in __proto. There must be a method to return the response body. Do not use _bodyText — slebetman
– slebetman, Commented Jan 21, 2018 at 16:21

Rupal · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-21 16:21:58Z

1

First you have to parse that because its in json format. Try

data = JSON.parse(response._bodyText)
data.result

For Reference you can study about JSON

edited Jan 21, 2018 at 16:21

answered Jan 21, 2018 at 16:12

Rupal

1,1096 silver badges17 bronze badges

Sign up to request clarification or add additional context in comments.

2 Comments

Sai Krishna Over a year ago

Thank you.This works. Why doesn't JSON.parse(response) work?

Rupal Over a year ago

Because response is just a object. So you don't need to parse it. You can simply access it by key like response._bodyText.

Aswin Ramesh · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-21 16:11:22Z

0

you need to parse it

try

JSON.parse(response._bodyText).result

answered Jan 21, 2018 at 16:11

Aswin Ramesh

1,6741 gold badge13 silver badges13 bronze badges

Comments

nitte93 · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-21 16:14:14Z

0

What you have inside response._bodyText is a stringified JSON. To access the keys inside of it. you need to first parse it using JSON.parse

Example: JSON.parse('{ "hello":"world" }')

This will give you an object {hello: 'world'}

In your case you do JSON.parse upon response._bodyText, then you can access it just like a normal object.

JSON.parse(response._bodyText)

answered Jan 21, 2018 at 16:14

nitte93

1,8483 gold badges28 silver badges42 bronze badges

Comments

user9246109 · Accepted Answer · 2018-01-21 16:15:41Z

0

response._bodyText.result is undefined because _bodyText is a string.

You must first turn _bodyText into an object:

var body = JSON.parse(response._bodyText);

After that body.result should work.

answered Jan 21, 2018 at 16:15

user9246109

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

Javascript accessing a nested object from ajax response

4 Answers 4

2 Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Hot Network Questions

Collectives™ on Stack Overflow

4 Answers 4

2 Comments

Comments

Comments

Comments

Your Answer

Sign up or log in

Post as a guest

Related