Parsing JSON using jQuery

function parseJson(){ //Start by calling the json object, I will be using a //file from my own site for the tutorial //Then we declare a callback function to process the data $.getJSON('hcj.json',getPosts); //The process function, I am going to get the title, //url and excerpt for 5 latest posts function getPosts(data){ //Start a for loop with a limit of 5 for(var i = 0; i < 5; i++){ //Build a template string of //the post title, url and excerpt var strPost = '<h2>' + data.posts[i].title + '</h2>' + '<p>' + data.posts[i].excerpt + '</p>' + '<a href="' + data.posts[i].url + '" title="Read ' + data.posts[i].title + '">Read ></a>'; //Append the body with the string $('body').append(strPost); } } } //Fire off the function in your document ready $(document).ready(function(){ parseJson(); });
Parsing json data with jQuery is not complicated at all.

Here is an efficient example on how to parse json data and append it to your web page.

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