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Parsing JSON into Google spreadsheet (Apps Script)

I have a download in JSON format that I get through the API.
Example:
{
"Employees": [
{
"User": {
"UserId": "4d132227-ea5c-4e57-b105-2f8b97872545",
"Login": "test#gmail.com",
"FullName": {
"LastName": "Фамилия",
"FirstName": "Имя",
"MiddleName": "Отчество"
},
"IsRegistered": true
},
"Permissions": {
"UserDepartmentId": "b5072e57-1e96-490b-ae03-2fd52ef84a3a",
"IsAdministrator": false,
"DocumentAccessLevel": "SelectedDepartments",
"SelectedDepartmentIds": [
"b5072e57-1e96-490b-ae03-2fd52ef84a3a",
"cd2e04dc-8d3f-4d63-88fd-f900c496e146",
"36e4434b-519d-4e40-9253-3464c10ed83e"
],
"Actions": [
{
"Name": "CreateDocuments",
"IsAllowed": true
},
{
"Name": "DeleteRestoreDocuments",
"IsAllowed": true
},
{
"Name": "SignDocuments",
"IsAllowed": true
},
{
"Name": "AddResolutions",
"IsAllowed": true
},
{
"Name": "RequestResolutions",
"IsAllowed": true
},
{
"Name": "ManageCounteragents",
"IsAllowed": false
}
],
"AuthorizationPermission": {
"IsBlocked": false
}
},
"Position": "Специалист по снабжению",
"CanBeInvitedForChat": true,
"CreationTimestamp": {
"Ticks": 637284074150000000
}
}
],
"TotalCount": 214
}
An example of what should happen:
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The ratio of the JSON list of employees with columns in the table:
A: "User": {"UserId"} - Employee ID
B: "User": {""FullName""} - FULL NAME
C: "Position" - Position
D: "User": {"Login"} - Mail
E: "User": {"IsRegistered"} - Login activated?
F: "Permissions": {"IsAdministrator"} - Administrator?
G: "Permissions": {"Actions": [{"Name": "SignDocuments","isAllowed": true} - Can sign documents
H: "Permissions": {"Actions": [{"Name": "AddResolutions","isAllowed": true} - Can coordinate documents
I: "Permissions": {"Actions": [{"Name": "RequestResolutions","isAllowed": true} - Can request document approval
J: "Permissions": {"Actions": [{"Name": "CreateDocuments","isAllowed": true} - Can create documents and work with drafts
K: "Permissions": {"Actions": [{"Name": "DeleteRestoreDocuments","isAllowed": true} - Can delete documents and drafts, restore documents
L: "Permissions": {"Actions": [{"Name": "ManageCounteragents","isAllowed": true} - Can work with a list of counterparties
How can I convert JSON to a Google spreadsheet for 300+ rows? At the moment I only have a request to the API. The response is JSON. What are my next steps?
function GetEmployees(){
var DdocAuthKey = GetAuthToken()
for (let i = 0; i < boxId.length; i++) {
let url = `https://diadoc-api.kontur.ru/GetEmployees?boxId=`+ boxId[i]
let options =
{
method: "GET",
contentType: 'application/json',
headers: {authorization: "DiadocAuth ddauth_api_client_id=" + DdocAPIkey + `,ddauth_token=` + DdocAuthKey}
}
var json = UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, options)
var obj = JSON.parse(json)
printValues(obj);enter code here
}
}
function printValues(obj) {
for(var k in obj) {
if(obj[k] instanceof Object) {
printValues(obj[k]);
} else {
return obj[k] + "<br>"
}
}
}

This is the final version of the code. I hope this will help developers on JS and Apps Script when working with the Diadoc API.
Due to the fact that I have 3 organizations, I need to do an additional cycle:
for (let i = 0; i < boxId.length; i++)
If necessary, this cycle can be removed.
function GetEmployees() {
clearOrgSheets()
var DdocAuthKey = GetAuthToken()
let options =
{
method: "GET",
contentType: 'application/json',
headers: {authorization: "DiadocAuth ddauth_api_client_id=" + DdocAPIkey + `,ddauth_token=` + DdocAuthKey}
}
for (let i = 0; i < boxId.length; i++) {
let sheet = SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSpreadsheet().getSheetByName(SheetNames[i])
let pageNum = 1
do {
let url = `https://diadoc-api.kontur.ru/GetEmployees?boxId=`+ boxId[i] + `&page=` + pageNum + `&count=50`
pageNum++
var obj = JSON.parse(UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, options))
var table = []; // it will be the 2d array
for (var employee of obj.Employees) {
var {LastName, FirstName, MiddleName} = employee.User.FullName;
var name = [LastName, FirstName, MiddleName].join(' ').trim();
var actions = {};
employee.Permissions.Actions.forEach(a => actions[a.Name] = a.IsAllowed);
var row =
[
employee.User.UserId,
name,
employee.Position,
employee.User.Login,
employee.User.IsRegistered,
employee.Permissions.IsAdministrator,
actions.SignDocuments, // Can sign documents
actions.AddResolutions, // Can coordinate documents
actions.RequestResolutions, // Can request document approval
actions.CreateDocuments, // Can create documents and work with drafts
actions.DeleteRestoreDocuments, // Can delete documents and drafts, restore documents
actions.ManageCounteragents, // Can work with a list of counterparties
];
table.push(row);
}
let lastRow = sheet.getLastRow() + 1
try{
let range = sheet.getRange(lastRow, 1, table.length, table[0].length )
range.setValues(table);
} catch (err){
break
}
} while (obj.Employees.length > 0);
}
}

Try this:
function myFunction() {
// here is your object (parsed json)
var obj = {
"Employees": [
{
"User": {
"UserId": "4d132227-ea5c-4e57-b105-2f8b97872545",
"Login": "test#gmail.com",
"FullName": {
"LastName": "Фамилия",
"FirstName": "Имя",
"MiddleName": "Отчество"
},
"IsRegistered": true
},
"Permissions": {
"UserDepartmentId": "b5072e57-1e96-490b-ae03-2fd52ef84a3a",
"IsAdministrator": false,
"DocumentAccessLevel": "SelectedDepartments",
"SelectedDepartmentIds": [ "b5072e57", "cd2e04dc", "36e4434b" ],
"Actions": [
{ "Name": "CreateDocuments", "IsAllowed": true },
{ "Name": "DeleteRestoreDocuments", "IsAllowed": true },
{ "Name": "SignDocuments", "IsAllowed": true },
{ "Name": "AddResolutions", "IsAllowed": true },
{ "Name": "RequestResolutions", "IsAllowed": true },
{ "Name": "ManageCounteragents", "IsAllowed": false }
],
"AuthorizationPermission": { "IsBlocked": false }
},
"Position": "Специалист по снабжению",
"CanBeInvitedForChat": true,
"CreationTimestamp": { "Ticks": 637284074150000000 }
}
],
"TotalCount": 214
};
var table = []; // it will be the 2d array
for (var employee of obj.Employees) {
var {LastName, FirstName, MiddleName} = employee.User.FullName;
var name = [LastName, FirstName, MiddleName].join(' ');
var actions = {};
employee.Permissions.Actions.forEach(a => actions[a.Name] = a.IsAllowed);
var row = [
employee.User.UserId,
name,
employee.Position,
employee.User.Login,
employee.User.IsRegistered,
employee.Permissions.IsAdministrator,
actions.SignDocuments, // Can sign documents
actions.AddResolutions, // Can coordinate documents
actions.RequestResolutions, // Can request document approval
actions.CreateDocuments, // Can create documents and work with drafts
actions.DeleteRestoreDocuments, // Can delete documents and drafts, restore documents
actions.ManageCounteragents, // Can work with a list of counterparties
];
table.push(row); // add the row to the 2d array
}
// put the 2d array on the sheet
SpreadsheetApp.getActiveSheet()
.getRange(2,1,table.length,table[0].length)
.setValues(table);
}
Let me know if it works.

Looping through items in an object for google sheets

I am trying to loop through an array that is part of a JSON object from a page speed insights call to add all of the unused javascript Urls to a google sheet using the script editor.
Here is an example of the JSON object:
"audits": {
"unused-javascript": {
"id": "unused-javascript",
"title": "Remove unused JavaScript",
"description": "Remove unused JavaScript to reduce bytes consumed by network activity. [Learn more](https://web.dev/unused-javascript/).",
"score": 0.43,
"scoreDisplayMode": "numeric",
"numericValue": 1350,
"numericUnit": "millisecond",
"displayValue": "Potential savings of 231 KiB",
"details": {
"type": "opportunity",
"headings": [
{
"key": "url",
"valueType": "url",
"subItemsHeading": {
"key": "source",
"valueType": "code"
},
"label": "URL"
},
{
"key": "totalBytes",
"valueType": "bytes",
"subItemsHeading": {
"key": "sourceBytes"
},
"label": "Transfer Size"
},
{
"key": "wastedBytes",
"valueType": "bytes",
"subItemsHeading": {
"key": "sourceWastedBytes"
},
"label": "Potential Savings"
}
],
"items": [
{
"url": "https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/1926350194273730?v=2.9.2=stable",
"totalBytes": 140229,
"wastedBytes": 108197,
"wastedPercent": 77.15757011763822
},
{
"url": "https://static.example.com/domain.us.modern.bundle.a02fef045566caf5d464.js",
"totalBytes": 306716,
"wastedBytes": 106243,
"wastedPercent": 34.63892414884589
},
{
"url": "https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-KZ",
"totalBytes": 127214,
"wastedBytes": 21845,
"wastedPercent": 17.17151000374831
}
],
"overallSavingsMs": 1350,
"overallSavingsBytes": 236285
}
},
I am attempting to loop through the "items" array within the "unused-javascript" object and get all of the urls to show in google sheets.
Here is the code I have within the script editor. When I run this, only one URL shows on the sheet. However, I am trying to get all of the URLs added to the sheet.
function pageSpeed(Url) {
var key = "AIzaSyAyHY";
var serviceUrl = "https://www.googleapis.com/pagespeedonline/v5/runPagespeed?url=" + Url + "&key=" + key;
var array = [];
if (key == "YOUR_API_KEY")
return "Please enter your API key to the script";
var response = UrlFetchApp.fetch(serviceUrl);
if (response.getResponseCode() == 200) {
var content = JSON.parse(response.getContentText());
if ((content != null) && (content["lighthouseResult"] != null)) {
if (content["captchaResult"]) {
var timetointeractive = content["lighthouseResult"]["audits"]["interactive"]["displayValue"].slice(0, -2);
var firstcontentfulpaint = content["lighthouseResult"]["audits"]["first-contentful-paint"]["displayValue"].slice(0, -2);
var firstmeaningfulpaint = content["lighthouseResult"]["audits"]["first-meaningful-paint"]["displayValue"].slice(0, -2);
var speedindex = content["lighthouseResult"]["audits"]["speed-index"]["displayValue"].slice(0, -2);
var unusedJs = content["lighthouseResult"]["audits"]["unused-javascript"]["details"]["items"];
for (var i = 0; i < unusedJs.items.length; i++) {
var unusedUrl;
unusedUrl = unusedJs[i]["url"]
}
}
else {
var timetointeractive = "An error occured";
var firstcontentfulpaint = "An error occured";
var firstmeaningfulpaint = "An error occured";
var speedindex = "An error occured";
var unusedJs = "An error occured";
}
}
var currentDate = new Date().toJSON().slice(0, 10).replace(/-/g, '/');
array.push([timetointeractive, firstcontentfulpaint, firstmeaningfulpaint, speedindex, currentDate, "complete", unusedUrl]);
Utilities.sleep(1000);
return array;
}
}
Any and all help is appreciated!

You're on the right track.
Take a look below at my usage of Array.prototype.map. That's the simpler route.
Your for loop would work just as well IF you declared unusedUrl outside of (ie. before) the loop AND pushed to an existing array. As it is, there's an issue of scope, so unusedUrl is redeclared on every iteration, meaning you'll only assign the last iteration's value to unusedUrl.
Both solutions are below.
Using map
var content = {
lighthouseResult: {
audits: {
'unused-javascript': {
// Other stuff
details: {
// Other stuff
items: [
{
url:
'https://connect.facebook.net/signals/config/1926350194273730?v=2.9.2=stable',
totalBytes: 140229,
wastedBytes: 108197,
wastedPercent: 77.15757011763822,
},
{
url:
'https://static.example.com/domain.us.modern.bundle.a02fef045566caf5d464.js',
totalBytes: 306716,
wastedBytes: 106243,
wastedPercent: 34.63892414884589,
},
{
url: 'https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id=GTM-KZ',
totalBytes: 127214,
wastedBytes: 21845,
wastedPercent: 17.17151000374831,
},
],
overallSavingsMs: 1350,
overallSavingsBytes: 236285,
},
},
},
},
}
var items = content.lighthouseResult.audits['unused-javascript'].details.items
var unusedUrls = items.map(item => item.url) // OR, using es6, items.map(({ url }) => url)
console.log(unusedUrls)
Using for
var items = content.lighthouseResult.audits['unused-javascript'].details.items
var unusedUrls = []
for (var i = 0; i < items.length; i++) {
unusedUrls.push(items[i]['url'])
}

Deleting a key in JSON while making ajax call from javascript

I am new to java script and ajax. I have a JSON and I want to remove outputs cell in this JSON:
{
"cells": [{
"metadata": {
"trusted": true,
"collapsed": false
},
"cell_type": "code",
"source": "print(\"hi\")",
"execution_count": 1,
"outputs": [{
"output_type": "stream",
"text": "hi\n",
"name": "stdout"
}]
},
{
"metadata": {
"trusted": true,
"collapsed": true
},
"cell_type": "code",
"source": "",
"execution_count": null,
"outputs": []
}
],
"metadata": {
"kernelspec": {
"name": "Python [Root]",
"display_name": "Python [Root]",
"language": "python"
},
"anaconda-cloud": {},
"language_info": {
"pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
"version": "3.5.0",
"codemirror_mode": {
"version": 3,
"name": "ipython"
},
"mimetype": "text/x-python",
"file_extension": ".py",
"name": "python",
"nbconvert_exporter": "python"
},
"gist": {
"id": "",
"data": {
"description": "Untitled5.ipynb",
"public": true
}
}
},
"nbformat": 4,
"nbformat_minor": 0
}
and this is my attempt on removing the outputs cell. This piece of code posts the data to above mentioned JSON:
"use strict";
function _objectWithoutProperties(obj, keys) {
var target = {};
for (var i in obj) {
if (keys.indexOf(i) >= 0) continue;
if (!Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(obj, i)) continue;
target[i] = obj[i];
}
return target;
}
var outputs = data.cells;
var data_dup = _objectWithoutProperties(data, ["outputs"]);
var id_input = $('#gist_id');
var id = params.gist_it_personal_access_token !== '' ? id_input.val() : '';
var method = id ? 'PATCH' : 'POST';
// Create/edit the Gist
$.ajax({
url: 'https://api.github.com/gists' + (id ? '/' + id : ''),
type: method,
dataType: 'json',
data: JSON.stringify(data_dup),
beforeSend: add_auth_token,
success: gist_success,
error: gist_error,
complete: complete_callback
});
};
But this code doesnt work. Can some one please guide how can we directly strip a key(outputs in this case) from ajax call and post it to JSON.
This is a gist extension of jupyter notebook and I am trying to strip output while posting it to gist on github

function _objectWithoutProperties(obj, key="outputs") { obj.cells.forEach(cell=>delete(cell[key])); }

If you use ES6, you can use this syntax to remove outputs:
{
...data,
cells: data.cells.map(({ outputs, ...otherProps }) => otherProps),
}
Note: data is your complete object.

Group and count values in an array

I have an array with objects, like the following.
b = {
"issues": [{
"fields": {
"status": {
"id": "200",
"name": "Backlog"
}
}
}, {
"fields": {
"status": {
"id": "202",
"name": "close"
}
}
}, {
"fields": {
"status": {
"id": "201",
"name": "close"
}
}
}]
};
I want to count how many issues have status close, and how many have backlog. I'd like to save the count in a new array as follows.
a = [
{Name: 'Backlog', count: 1},
{Name: 'close', count: 2}
];
I have tried the following.
b.issues.forEach(function(i) {
var statusName = i.fields.status.name;
if (statusName in a.Name) {
a.count = +1;
} else {
a.push({
Name: statusName,
count: 1
});
}
});
That however doesn't seem to be working. How should I implement this?

This is a perfect opportunity to use Array#reduce. That function will take a function that is applied to all elements of the array in order and can be used to accumulate a value. We can use it to accumulate an object with the various counts in it.
To make things easy, we track the counts in an object as simply {name: count, otherName: otherCount}. For every element, we check if we already have an entry for name. If not, create one with count 0. Otherwise, increment the count. After the reduce, we can map the array of keys, stored as keys of the object, to be in the format described in the question. See below.
var b = {
"issues": [{
"fields": {
"status": {
"id": "200",
"name": "Backlog"
}
}
}, {
"fields": {
"status": {
"id": "202",
"name": "close"
}
}
}, {
"fields": {
"status": {
"id": "201",
"name": "close"
}
}
}]
};
var counts = b.issues.reduce((p, c) => {
var name = c.fields.status.name;
if (!p.hasOwnProperty(name)) {
p[name] = 0;
}
p[name]++;
return p;
}, {});
console.log(counts);
var countsExtended = Object.keys(counts).map(k => {
return {name: k, count: counts[k]}; });
console.log(countsExtended);
.as-console-wrapper {
max-height: 100% !important;
}
Notes.
Array#reduce does not modify the original array.
You can easily modify the function passed to reduce to for example not distinguish between Backlog and backlog by changing
var name = c.fields.status.name;
into
var name = c.fields.status.name.toLowerCase();
for example. More advanced functionality can also easily be implemented.

Using ES6 Arrow functions you can do it with minimum syntax
var b = {
"issues": [{
"fields": {
"status": {
"id": "200",
"name": "Backlog"
}
}
}, {
"fields": {
"status": {
"id": "202",
"name": "close"
}
}
}, {
"fields": {
"status": {
"id": "201",
"name": "close"
}
}
}]
};
var countOfBackLog = b.issues.filter(x => {
return x.fields.status.name === "Backlog"
}).length
var countOfClose = b.issues.filter(x => {
return x.fields.status.name === "close"
}).length
a =[{Name: 'Backlog', count : countOfBackLog}, {Name: 'close', count : countOfClose}]
More about arrow functions here

You can write like this. It is dynamic.
var a = {};
for(var key in b["issues"]){
if(!a.hasOwnProperty(b["issues"][key].fields.status.name)){
a[b["issues"][key].fields.status.name] = 1;
}else{
a[b["issues"][key].fields.status.name] = a[b["issues"][key].fields.status.name]+1;
}
}
var c = [];
for(var key1 in a){
c.push({
name : key1,
count : a[key1]
});
}

Something like this should do the trick. Simply iterate over your data, keep 2 counters with the number of each type of issue, and create the data format you want in the end. Try it live on jsfiddle.
var b = {
"issues": [{
"fields": {
"status": {
"id": "200",
"name": "Backlog"
}
}
}, {
"fields": {
"status": {
"id": "202",
"name": "close"
}
}
}, {
"fields": {
"status": {
"id": "201",
"name": "close"
}
}
}]
};
var data = [];
for(var issue of b.issues){
var entryFound = false;
var tempObj = {
name: issue.fields.status.name,
count: 1
};
for(var item of data){
if(item.name === tempObj.name){
item.count++;
entryFound = true;
break;
}
}
if(!entryFound){
data.push(tempObj);
}
}
console.log(data);

filter result using 2 JSON

This is my saved localstorage,
[{"industry_Id":1,"merchant_id":2}]
I want to filter below result, to get HP.
{
"industries": [
{
"id": 1,
"name": "oil and gas",
"merchant": [
{
"id": 1,
"name": "ABC",
},
{
"id": 2,
"name": "DEF",
},
{
"id": 3,
"name": "GHJ",
}
]
},
{
"id": 2,
"name": "IT",
"merchant": [
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Apple",
},
{
"id": 2,
"name": "HP",
},
{
"id": 3,
"name": "Google",
}
]
}
]
}
I thought of using multiple $.each but it have to iterate few times and it's quite redundant.

I would prefer using Javascript for loop, that way you can skip iterating over every object once required element is found.
Without jQuery (using for)
var i, j, merchant = null;
for(i = 0; i < data['industries'].length; i++){
if(data['industries'][i]['id'] == arg[0]['industry_Id']){
for(j = 0; j < data['industries'][i]['merchant'].length; j++){
if(data['industries'][i]['merchant'][j]['id'] == arg[0]['merchant_id']){
merchant = data['industries'][i]['merchant'][j];
break;
}
}
if(merchant !== null){ break; }
}
}
With jQuery (using $.each)
var merchant_found = null;
$.each(data['industries'], function(i, industry){
if(industry['id'] == arg[0]['industry_Id']){
$.each(industry['merchant'], function(i, merchant){
if(merchant['id'] == arg[0]['merchant_id']){
merchant_found = merchant;
}
return (!merchant_found);
});
}
return (!merchant_found);
});
var arg = [{"industry_Id":1,"merchant_id":2}];
var data = {
"industries": [
{
"id": 1,
"name": "oil and gas",
"merchant": [
{
"id": 1,
"name": "ABC",
},
{
"id": 2,
"name": "DEF",
},
{
"id": 3,
"name": "GHJ",
}
]
},
{
"id": 2,
"name": "IT",
"merchant": [
{
"id": 1,
"name": "Apple",
},
{
"id": 2,
"name": "HP",
},
{
"id": 3,
"name": "Google",
}
]
}
]
};
var i, j, merchant = null;
for(i = 0; i < data['industries'].length; i++){
if(data['industries'][i]['id'] == arg[0]['industry_Id']){
for(j = 0; j < data['industries'][i]['merchant'].length; j++){
if(data['industries'][i]['merchant'][j]['id'] == arg[0]['merchant_id']){
merchant = data['industries'][i]['merchant'][j];
break;
}
}
if(merchant !== null){ break; }
}
}
console.log(merchant);
document.writeln("<b>Without jQuery:</b><br>");
document.writeln((merchant !== null) ? "Found " + merchant['name'] : "Not found");
var merchant_found = null;
$.each(data['industries'], function(i, industry){
if(industry['id'] == arg[0]['industry_Id']){
$.each(industry['merchant'], function(i, merchant){
if(merchant['id'] == arg[0]['merchant_id']){
merchant_found = merchant;
}
return (!merchant_found);
});
}
return (!merchant_found);
});
console.log(merchant_found);
document.writeln("<br><br><b>With jQuery:</b><br>");
document.writeln((merchant_found) ? "Found " + merchant_found['name'] : "Not found");
<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.11.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

selectors.map(function(selector) {
return data.industries.filter(function(industry) {
return industry.id == selector.industry_Id;
})[0].merchant.filter(function(merchant) {
return merchant.id == selector.merchant_id;
})[0].name;
});
// => DEF
If you want "HP", you want industry 2, not industry 1.
.filter(...)[0] is not really optimal. You could use .find(...), but that is not yet universally supported. Or you could use plain old JavaScript and write for loops instead to make it fast. Or you could use objects with ID keys instead of arrays to make lookups faster.

When it comes into a position where collection of data is what you're processing, I suggest you to take a look at underscore.js. It's not optimal choice for the best performance but it does make you code more readable and makes more sense especially when compared with loop.
Say data is a variable which stores your JSON data.
Try this:
// Given this selector criteria
var select = [{"industry_Id":1,"merchant_id":2}];
function filterByCriteria(criteria, data){
var match = [];
_.each(criteria, function(crit){
function matchIndustry(rec){ return rec.id===crit.industry_Id }
function matchMerchant(rec){ return rec.id===crit.merchant_id }
// Filter by industry id
var industry = _.first(_.where(data.industry, matchIndustry));
// Filter by merchant id
var merchant = _.where(industry.merchant, matchMerchant);
_.each(merchant, function addToMatchResult(m){
match.push(m.name);
});
});
return match;
}
var filteredData = filterByCriteria(select, data);
From snippet above, any merchants which match the search criteria will be taken to the match list. Is it more readable to you?

Do you even need numerical id's? Gets super easy when you don't.
/*
{
"industry": {
"oil and gas":{
"merchant": {
"ABC": {
"name": "ABC oil"
},
"DEF": {
"name": "DEF gas"
},
"GHJ" :{
"name": "GHJ oil and gas"
}
}
},
"IT": {
"merchant": {
"Apple" : {
"name": "Apple computers"
},
"HP": {
"name": "Hewlett Packard"
},
"Google": {
"name": "Google. Maw haw haw"
}
}
}
}
}
*/
var data = '{"industry": {"oil and gas":{"merchant": {"ABC": {"name": "ABC oil"},"DEF": {"name": "DEF gas"},"GHJ" :{"name": "GHJ oil and gas"}}},"IT": {"merchant": {"Apple" : {"name": "Apple computers"},"HP": {"name": "Hewlett Packard"},"Google": {"name": "Google. Maw haw haw"}}}}}';
data = JSON.parse(data);
var merchant = data.industry['IT'].merchant['HP'];
alert(merchant.name);
//console.log(merchant.name);