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Iterating over list of JSON in Javascript from MySQL

My JSON is stored in MySQL as this....
{'profile':'sweet', 'count':38},{'profile':'bitter', 'count':31},{'profile':'green', 'count':22}
When it's being returned as JSON from Express, it looks likes this...
[{"JSON":"{'profile':'sweet', 'count':38},{'profile':'bitter', 'count':31},{'profile':'green', 'count':22}"}]
which is valid JSON according to JSONLint.com
What throws me is iterating over it in a HTML javascript...
I have this in Javascript ....
fProfiles_JSON = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
console.log('Type of '+ typeof fProfiles_JSON); //yields "object"
console.log('My object', fProfiles_JSON);
console.log('LENGTH ', fProfiles_JSON.length); // Yields "1"
I get that I have to somehow iterate over this object type to get at the "profile" and "count" values but honestly, I'm not sure how since the length value is "1". I know this is probably dead simple and I'm just not seeing it. Can someone point me in the right direction?

var obj = [{"JSON":"{'profile':'sweet', 'count':38},{'profile':'bitter', 'count':31},{'profile':'green', 'count':22}"}]
// in this case we have to extract the string:
var string = obj[0]["JSON"]
var fProfiles = JSON.parse("[" + string + "]");
// as #Barmar pointed out, the string's content is not valid JSON.
// so we add at beginning and end square brackets to get a list
// of objects.
FProfiles.length // should be 3
// and you can access the `count` and `profile` attributes.

Json does not accept single quotes so they must be replaced
//xhr.responseText contents simulated with var
resp = "[{\"JSON\":\"{'profile':'sweet', 'count':38},{'profile':'bitter', 'count':31},{'profile':'green', 'count':22}\"}]";
j = JSON.parse(resp);
inner = j[0]['JSON'].replaceAll("'","\"");
objs = JSON.parse("[" + inner +"]");
objs[0]
Result:
Object { profile: "sweet", count: 38 }
As #barmar pointed out, "fixing" json with a custom parser is always a risk.
A slightly better attempt could be to replace single quotes with more specific regular expressions
# added possible 'key': 'value' at the end
resp = "[{\"JSON\":\"{'profile':'sweet', 'count':38},{'profile':'bitter', 'count':31},{'profile':'green', 'count':22},{'key99': 'value99'}\"}]";
j = JSON.parse(resp);
re3 = /[{]'/ig;
re4 = /'[}]/ig;
re1 = /'(, *|: *)'/ig;
re2 = /' *: *([0-9])/ig;
inner = j[0]['JSON'].replaceAll(re3,"{\"").replaceAll(re4, "\"}").replaceAll(re1, "\"$1\"").replaceAll(re2,"\":$1");
// "{\"profile\":\"sweet\", \"count\":38},{\"profile\":\"bitter\", \"count\":31},{\"profile\":\"green\", \"count\":22},{\"key99\": \"value99\"}"
objs = JSON.parse("[" + inner +"]");
// Array(3) [ {…}, {…}, {…} ]

How do I set multiple values of a JSON object?

So I've been working on this project but I'm stuck because I can't figure out how I should go about setting the other values of this new JSON object. So basically on the front end I have this:
HTML page view. The 'cat4' ID is the new object I tried to create, and illustrates the error I'm trying to fix. The problem is that I'm having trouble setting the LIMIT value of newly created objects (or multiple values at all). Here is the code where the object is created:
function sendCat()
{
window.clearTimeout(timeoutID);
var newCat = document.getElementById("newCat").value
var lim = document.getElementById("limit").value
var data;
data = "cat=" + newCat + ", limit=" + lim;
var jData = JSON.stringify(data);
makeRec("POST", "/cats", 201, poller, data);
document.getElementById("newCat").value = "Name";
document.getElementById("limit").value = "0";
}
In particular I've been playing around with the line data = "cat=" + newCat + ", limit=" + lim; but no combination of things I try has worked so far. Is there a way I can modify this line so that when the data is sent it will work? I find it odd that the line of code works but only for setting one part of the object.

The JSON.stringify() method converts a JavaScript object or value to a JSON string, optionally replacing values if a replacer function is specified or optionally including only the specified properties if a replacer array is specified.
MDN
I think this is what you want:
const newCat = 'Meow';
const newLimit = 5;
const data = {
cat: newCat,
limit: newLimit
}
console.log(JSON.stringify(data));

What you're referring to as a 'JSON object' is actually just a javascript object, you can make one using object literal syntax. An object literal with multiple properties looks like this:
var data = {
cat: newCat,
limit: lim
};
makeRec("POST", "/cats", 201, poller, JSON.stringify(data));
assuming the fifth parameter to makeRec is supposed to be the POST request body as stringified JSON, as your code seems to imply

Printing JSON Data into innerHTML getting undefined - [object]

Hi guys Im trying to print a list of scores saved within a database, ive got the data as JSON data (see below)
I am trying to print all each object within the "Scores" array using the following code
function showScores() {
var ourRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
var x, i = "";
ourRequest.open('GET', '/allScores');
ourRequest.onload = function() {
var ourData = JSON.parse(ourRequest.responseText);
for (i in ourData.scores) {
x += ourData.scores[i] + "<br>";
}
document.getElementById("scoresList").innerHTML = x;
};
ourRequest.send();
}
However it is printing out the following
Any help with this is greatly appreciated, thanks guys

This line tries to append a raw object to your HTML string:
x += ourData.scores[i]
Javascript can’t magically parse this into HTML for you, so it just outputs [object Object].
You need to build a string from the individual parts of this object and print that instead. For example:
Note that you should not use for ... in with an array
ourData.scores.forEach(function (score) {
x += `<p>[H] ${score.Home_Team} <b>${score.Home_Score}</b> - <b>${score.Away_Score}</b> ${score.Away_Team} [A]</p>`;
});
Which would output something like this for each score:
[H] Arsenal 2 - 2 Newcastle [A]
Be sure to set x = "" before the loop otherwise the string will still start with undefined.
In case you’re interested: there are more succinct ways of writing this loop. Using Array.map() for instance:
let x = ourData.scores.map(score => {
return `<p>[H] ${score.Home_Team} <b>${score.Home_Score}</b> - <b>${score.Away_Score}</b> ${score.Away_Team} [A]</p>`;
}).join();
This expression does not require initialization of x beforehand.

you can create the elements as string and you can join the entire array and assign it to the innerHTML, as shown below.
You can change the structure, here for example i had made to ul , li you can create table or whatever format.
Note if you want to just append it, since the object you can't directly append it using JSON.stringify which will convert your object into string.
I hope this will solve your issue. Please let me know if any other issue you are facing.
var jsonObj = {scores: [{"Away_Score": 2, "Away_Team": "Newcastle", "Home_Score": 2, "Home_Team": "Arsenal"}, {"Away_Score": 2, "Away_Team": "Napoli", "Home_Score": 4, "Home_Team": "Liverpool"}]}
var html = jsonObj.scores.map(o => {
return `<ul><li>${o.Away_Team}</li><li>${o.Away_Score}</li><li>${o.Home_Team}</li><li>${o.Home_Score}</li></ul>`
})
document.getElementById("todaysData").innerHTML = html.join("")
<div id="todaysData">
</div>

Store values in javascript object with same keys

I have the following code to extract values from a JSON response. What I am trying to do is store the data in a similar way to how you would with an associative array in php. Apologies for the code being inefficient. The array comments written down are how I would like it to look in the object.
$.each(responseData, function(k1,v1){
if(k1 == "0"){
$.each(v1, function(k2,v2){
$.each(v2, function(k3, v3){
if(k3 == "val"){
//store in object here
//Array1 = array("time"=>k2, "iVal"=>v3)
console.log(k3 + v3 + k2);
}else{
//Array2 = array("time"=>k2, "aVal"=>v3)
console.log(k3 + v3 + k2);
}
});
});
}
});
So all the information is there but I am not sure how to store each instance for the values in an object. I did try store it like this:
//obj created outside
obj1.date = k2;
obj2.iVal = v3;
But doing this clearly overwrote every time, and only kept the last instance so I am wondering how can I do it so that all values will be stored?
Edit: Added input and output desired.
Input
{"0":{"18.00":{"iVal":85.27,"aVal":0.24},"19.00":{"iVal":85.27,"aVal":0.36},"20.00":{"iVal":0,"aVal":0}}, "success":true}
Desired output
array1 = {"time":"18.00", "iVal":85.27},{"time":"19.00", "iVal":85.27},{"time":"20.00", "iVal":0}
array2 = {"time":"18.00", "aVal":0.24},{"time":"19.00", "aVal":0.36},{"time":"20.00", "aVal":0}

try this :
var g1=[];
var g2=[];
for ( a in o[0])
{
g1.push({time:a , iVal:o[0][a]['iVal']})
g2.push({time:a , aVal:o[0][a]['aVal']})
}
http://jsbin.com/qividoti/3/edit

a json response can be converted back to a js object literal by calling JSON.parse(jsonString) inside the success callback of your ajax call.
from then on there is no need for iterating over that object since you navigate it like any other js object which is can be done in two ways either
the js way -> dot notation
var obj = JSON.parse(jsonStirng);
var value = obj.value;
or like a php array
var value = obj["value"];

when saving an array of objects as a JSON, I need to use the following format in Sample.txt to not run into parsing errors:

when saving an array of objects as a JSON, you need to use the following format in Sample.txt to not run into parsing errors:
[{"result":"\"21 inches = 21 inches\"","count":1},{"result":"\"32 inches = 32 inches\"","count":2}]
I'm new to JSON and searching over this for since last 4 days. I tried different approaches of storing an array of objects but no success. My first and simplest try is like this:
function createData() {
//original, single json object
var dataToSave = {
"result": '"' + toLength.innerText +'"',
"count": counter
};
//save into an array:
var dataArray = { [] }; //No idea how to go ahead..
var savedData = JSON.stringify(dataToSave);
writeToFile(filename, savedData); //filename is a text file. Inside file, I want to save each json object with , in between. So It can be parsed easily and correctly.
}
function readData(data) {
var dataToRead = JSON.parse(data);
var message = "Your Saved Conversions : ";
message += dataToRead.result;
document.getElementById("savedOutput1").innerText = message;
}

To make an array from your object, you may do
var dataArray = [dataToSave];
To add other elements after that, you may use
dataArray.push(otherData);
When you read it, as data is an array, you can't simply use data.result. You must get access to the array's items using data[0].result, ... data[i].result...