jquery loop on Json data using $.each

Question

Hi I have the following JSON returned in a variable called data.

THIS IS THE JSON THAT GETS RETURNED...

[ 
{"Id": 10004, "PageName": "club"}, 
{"Id": 10040, "PageName": "qaz"}, 
{"Id": 10059, "PageName": "jjjjjjj"}
]

and I am trying to loop through the collection using $.each but I am running into problems where the alert is showing undefined. I have tried alot of different syntax but can't seem to figure this out.

The JQuery I am using is

$.each(data, function(i, item) {
    alert(item.PageName);
});

Can any one point me in the right direction?

EDIT This is the code I am using to grab the data

$.getJSON('/Cms/GetPages/123', null, function(data) {
  fillSelect(data);
});

and this is the function that gets called upon call back

function fillSelect(data) {
  alert(data);
  $.each(data, function(i, item) {
    alert(item.PageName);
  });
}

EDIT 2 This is slightly confusing me, according to the docs it should work as I have it, but it doesn't. According to fiddler the header shows:-

Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

and the JSON is exactly correct above. I am using chrome if this makes any different. Will test in IE and FF....

EDIT 3

using $.get produces

"[\r\n {\r\n \"Id\": 10041,\r\n \"PageName\": \"01234567890\",\r\n \"MetaId\": 1000,\r\n \"TemplateId\": 2\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"Id\": 10001,\r\n \"PageName\": \"about\",\r\n \"MetaId\": 1000,\r\n \"TemplateId\": 1\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"Id\": 10056,\r\n \"PageName\": \"fdgdfgdfg\",\r\n \"MetaId\": 1000,\r\n \"TemplateId\": 1\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"Id\": 10052,\r\n \"PageName\": \"hjkhjk\",\r\n \"MetaId\": 1000,\r\n \"TemplateId\": 2\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"Id\": 10059,\r\n \"PageName\": \"jjjjjjj\",\r\n \"MetaId\": 1000,\r\n \"TemplateId\": 1\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"Id\": 10057,\r\n \"PageName\": \"qqqqq\",\r\n \"MetaId\": 1000,\r\n \"TemplateId\": 2\r\n },\r\n {\r\n \"Id\": 10054,\r\n \"PageName\": \"qwqw\",\r\n \"MetaId\": 1000,\r\n \"TemplateId\": 2\r\n }\r\n]"

Answer 1

var data = [ 
 {"Id": 10004, "PageName": "club"}, 
 {"Id": 10040, "PageName": "qaz"}, 
 {"Id": 10059, "PageName": "jjjjjjj"}
];

$.each(data, function(i, item) {
    alert(data[i].PageName);
});​

$.each(data, function(i, item) {
    alert(item.PageName);
});​

these two options work well, unless you have something like:

var data.result = [ 
 {"Id": 10004, "PageName": "club"}, 
 {"Id": 10040, "PageName": "qaz"}, 
 {"Id": 10059, "PageName": "jjjjjjj"}
];

$.each(data.result, function(i, item) {
    alert(data.result[i].PageName);
});​

EDIT:

try with this and describes what the result

$.get('/Cms/GetPages/123', function(data) {
  alert(data);
});

FOR EDIT 3:

this corrects the problem, but not the idea to use "eval", you should see how are the response in '/Cms/GetPages/123'.

$.get('/Cms/GetPages/123', function(data) {
  $.each(eval(data.replace(/[\r\n]/, "")), function(i, item) {
   alert(item.PageName);
  });​
});

Answer 2

Have you converted your data from string to JavaScript object?

You can do it with data = eval('(' + string_data + ')'); or, which is safer, data = JSON.parse(string_data); but later will only works in FF 3.5 or if you include json2.js

jQuery since 1.4.1 also have function for that, $.parseJSON().

But actually, $.getJSON() should give you already parsed json object, so you should just check everything thoroughly, there is little mistake buried somewhere, like you might have forgotten to quote something in json, or one of the brackets is missing.

Answer 3

getJSON will evaluate the data to JSON for you, as long as the correct content-type is used. Make sure that the server is returning the data as application/json.