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Refer to JSON data by index AND attribute name
Hey all, I’m trying to work with JSON data and referring to the data by both index and attribute name. I tried a couple different methods but I’m not able to get it to work. I’m guessing it’s a syntax thing but I’m not sure. Any help is appreciated!
Example JSON:
{
“item1”: {
“name”: “Item 1 Name”,
“parameter”: “Item 1 parameter”,
},
“item2”: {
“name”: “Item 2 Name”,
“parameter”: “Item 2 parameter”,
},
“item3”: {
“name”: “Item 3 Name”,
“parameter”: “Item 3 parameter”,
}
}expression method #1
myData = eval(footage(“sample.json”).sourceData);
myData.item1.name; // works
myData[0].name; //doesn’t workexpression method #2
footage(“sample.json”).dataValue([0, 0]); //works
footage(“sample.json”).dataValue([0, name]); //doesn’t work -
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I figured it out. I had to relayout the JSON to look like this:
{
“item”: [
{
“name”: “Item 1 Name”,
“parameter”: “Item 1 parameter”,
},
{
“name”: “Item 2 Name”,
“parameter”: “Item 2 parameter”,
},
{
“name”: “Item 3 Name”,
“parameter”: “Item 3 parameter”,
}
]
}Then this works:
myData = eval(footage(“sample.json”).sourceData);
myData.item[0].name; // returns “Item 1 Name” -
Hey Jon, good to see you have found a workaround. Yet on the other hand, it is not required to do the following in order to access items.
Have a look here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7027051/access-json-or-js-property-using-string
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