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jfpelletier
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11 months ago
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Converting a string to JSON doesn't work

Hello all, I'm trying to convert a string to a JSON structure, but I'm not succeeding because the format is wrong. The JSON.parse() method says that it's not valid format for a JSON. Here is the st...
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    ptaylor
    11 months ago

    That's the only way since your string is definitely not valid JSON. You need it to look like this:

    {"language": "Tamil", "taskId": 123}
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    jfpelletier
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    11 months ago
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    Hello ptaylor,

    I've found a better solution by doing the fixing at the source. The reason why that JSON was badly formatted is because it was a "real" JSON that has been saved as a string in a DB using the .toString() method. I changed to use JSON.stringify() instead, and converting it back to JSON after DB retrieval works much better now, no need to use any string replacements. 🙂

    JF