I have a link that opens up json data in the broswer but unfortunately I have no clue how to read it. Is there a way to convert this data using javascript Comma Separate (csv) format and save it in a javascript variable. I have just started learning and have absolutely no clue about json, it would be great if someone could write a script for it.
The data seems like :
{
"count": 2,
"items": [{
"title": "Apple iPhone 4S Sale Cancelled in Beijing Amid Chaos (Design You Trust)",
"description": "Advertise here with BSA Apple cancelled its scheduled sale of iPhone 4S in one of its stores in China\u2019s capital Beijing on January 13. Crowds outside the store in the Sanlitun district were waiting on queues overnight. There were incidents of scuffle between shoppers and the store\u2019s security staff when shoppers, hundreds of them, were told that the sales [...]Source : Design You TrustExplore : iPhone, iPhone 4, Phone",
"link": "http:\/\/wik.io\/info\/US\/309201303",
"timestamp": 1326439500,
"image": null,
"embed": null,
"language": null,
"user": null,
"user_image": null,
"user_link": null,
"user_id": null,
"geo": null,
"source": "wikio",
"favicon": "http:\/\/wikio.com\/favicon.ico",
"type": "blogs",
"domain": "wik.io",
"id": "2388575404943858468"
}, {
"title": "Apple to halt sales of iPhone 4S in China (Fame Dubai Blog)",
"description": "SHANGHAI \u2013 Apple Inc said on Friday it will stop selling its latest iPhone in its retail stores in Beijing and Shanghai to ensure the safety of its customers and employees. Go to SourceSource : Fame Dubai BlogExplore : iPhone, iPhone 4, Phone",
"link": "http:\/\/wik.io\/info\/US\/309198933",
"timestamp": 1326439320,
"image": null,
"embed": null,
"language": null,
"user": null,
"user_image": null,
"user_link": null,
"user_id": null,
"geo": null,
"source": "wikio",
"favicon": "http:\/\/wikio.com\/favicon.ico",
"type": "blogs",
"domain": "wik.io",
"id": "16209851193593872066"
}]
}
The closest I could find was : Convert JSON format to CSV format for MS Excel
But is downloads in a CSV
file, I store it in a variable, the whole converted data.
Also would like to know how to change escape characters: '\u2019'
back to normal.
Thanks in advance.
I tried this code:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>JSON to CSV</title>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.1.js" type="text/javascript"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
var json3 = {
"count": 2,
"items": [{
"title": "Apple iPhone 4S Sale Cancelled in Beijing Amid Chaos (Design You Trust)",
"description": "Advertise here with BSA Apple cancelled its scheduled sale of iPhone 4S in one of its stores in China’s capital Beijing on January 13. Crowds outside the store in the Sanlitun district were waiting on queues overnight. There were incidents of scuffle between shoppers and the store’s security staff when shoppers, hundreds of them, were told that the sales [...]Source : Design You TrustExplore : iPhone, iPhone 4, Phone",
"link": "http://wik.io/info/US/309201303",
"timestamp": 1326439500,
"image": null,
"embed": null,
"language": null,
"user": null,
"user_image": null,
"user_link": null,
"user_id": null,
"geo": null,
"source": "wikio",
"favicon": "http://wikio.com/favicon.ico",
"type": "blogs",
"domain": "wik.io",
"id": "2388575404943858468"
},
{
"title": "Apple to halt sales of iPhone 4S in China (Fame Dubai Blog)",
"description": "SHANGHAI – Apple Inc said on Friday it will stop selling its latest iPhone in its retail stores in Beijing and Shanghai to ensure the safety of its customers and employees. Go to SourceSource : Fame Dubai BlogExplore : iPhone, iPhone 4, Phone",
"link": "http://wik.io/info/US/309198933",
"timestamp": 1326439320,
"image": null,
"embed": null,
"language": null,
"user": null,
"user_image": null,
"user_link": null,
"user_id": null,
"geo": null,
"source": "wikio",
"favicon": "http://wikio.com/favicon.ico",
"type": "blogs",
"domain": "wik.io",
"id": "16209851193593872066"
}
]
}
//var objJson = JSON.parse(json3.items);
DownloadJSON2CSV(json3.items);
function DownloadJSON2CSV(objArray) {
var array = typeof objArray != 'object' ? JSON.parse(objArray) : objArray;
var str = '';
for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
var line = '';
for (var index in array[i]) {
line += array[i][index] + ',';
}
line.slice(0, line.Length - 1);
str += line + '\r\n';
}
$('div').html(str);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<div></div>
</body>
</html>
But it doesn't seem to work. Can someone please help?