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Can Mockjax handle single IDs Api from Json file

I'm using Mockjax for the first time to mock a Restful API which will return a series of data given an id. Right now i have a json file that has several Items, and i would like to have a function inside Mockjax (or where necessary) to return only the queried ID. how can I achieve this?
current code :
$.mockjax({
url: "/Api/Cases/{caseId}",
proxy: "/mocks/cases nuevo.json",
dataType: 'json',
responseTime: [500, 800]
});
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: '/Api/Cases/',
data: {caseId: taskId},
success: function(data){
//use the returned
console.log(data);
}
});
current error:
GET http://localhost:8080/Api/Cases/?caseId=100 404 (Not Found)

Great question... yes, you can do this. But you'll have to write the functionality yourself using the response callback function and then making a "real" Ajax request for the file (instead of using the proxy option). Below I just make another $.ajax() call and since I have no mock handler setup for that endpoint, Mockjax lets it go through.
Note that setting up URL params is a little different than you suggest, here is what the mock setup looks like:
$.mockjax({
url: /\/Api\/Cases\/(\d+)/, // notice the regex here to allow for any ID
urlParams: ['caseID'], // This defines the first matching group as "caseID"
responseTime: [500, 800],
response: function(settings, mockDone) {
// hold onto the mock response object
var respObj = this;
// get the mock data file
$.ajax({
url: 'mocks/test-data.json',
success: function(data) {
respObj.status = 200;
// We can now use "caseID" off of the mock settings.urlParams object
respObj.responseText = data[settings.urlParams.caseID];
mockDone();
},
error: function() {
respObj.status = 500;
respObj.responseText = 'Error retrieving mock data';
mockDone();
}
});
}
});
There is one other problem with your code however, your Ajax call does not add the ID to the URL, it adds it to the query string. If you want to use that API endpoint you'll need to change your source code $.ajax() call as well. Here is the new Ajax call:
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: '/Api/Cases/' + taskId, // this will add the ID to the URL
// data: {caseId: taskId}, // this adds the data to the query string
success: function(data){
//use the returned
console.log(data);
}
});
Note that this presumes the mock data is something like:
{
"13": { "name": "Jordan", "level": 21, "id": 13 },
"27": { "name": "Random Guy", "level": 20, "id": 27 }
}

What I have ended up doing, is: I have left the $.mockjax function untouched, and i have manipulated the data inside the ajax request, using jquery's $.grep function as follows:
$.ajax({
type: 'GET',
url: '/Api/Cases/' + taskId,
success: function(data){
//note you have to parse the data as it is received as string
data = JSON.parse(data);
var result = $.grep(data, function(e){ return e.caseId == taskId; });
//since i'm expecting only one result, i pull out the result on the 0 index position
requestedData = result[0];
}
});
The $.grep() method removes items from an array as necessary so that all remaining items pass a provided test see Jquery API, And since our test is that the caseId attribute of the element equals to the taksId variable sent, it will return all the elements that match the given Id, in this case, only one, this is why I've taken only the result on the 0 index position requestedData = result[0];
**Note: **
A more suited solution would be a mixture between what i've done and #jakerella 's answer, since their method implements the find element method inside the mockjacx function, and my function presumes a usual JSON response:
[{"caseId": 30,"name": "Michael"},{"caseId": 31,"name": "Sara"}]

Parsing response text as key value pairs in an elegant way

Can't seem to find what I'm looking for in searches so this might be a duplicate but I haven't found an original yet sooo....
I have a an ajax call:
$.ajax({
url: "/events/instructor/",
type: 'POST',
data: {
instructorID: $(this).attr("id")
},
complete: function (data) {
$("#name").html(data["responseText"]["name"]);
$("#email").html(data["responseText"]["email"]);
$("#photo").html(data["responseText"]["photo"]);
$("#summary").html(data["responseText"]["summary"]);
$("#url").html(data["responseText"]["url"]);
}
});
The data being returned is encoded in JSON by the server (C#).
Obviously, data["responseText"]["fieldName"] isn't doing the trick. I could do splits and whatnot but that would mean that if the format changes, I'd need to make sure that the code above keeps up with the changed shape of the data.
How can I say something as simple as data["responseText']["fieldName"] to get the value out of that key?

i think you need to parse json first. look at the api.jquery.com/jquery.parsejson
// data = '{ "name": "John" }'
var obj = jQuery.parseJSON( data );
console.log( obj.name);
// result will be "John"
P.S. also better use 'succes' instead 'complete', you can read about this here Difference between .success() and .complete()?
success: function(data) {
console.log("response is good", data);
},
error: function (){
console.log("something is went wrong");
}

try using like this:
complete: function (data) {
var data=JSON.parse(data);
$("#name").html(data.responseText.name);
$("#email").html(data.responseText.email);
$("#photo").html(data.responseText.photo);
$("#summary").html(data.responseText.summary);
$("#url").html(data.responseText.url);
}
to get only correct response use success.

Trouble receiving JSON data from nodejs application?

The below jQuery ajax method makes a call to node.js application that returns a json formatted data. I did check the console and it returns the json in this format
{ "SQLDB_ASSIGNED": 607, "SQLDB_POOLED":285, "SQLDB_RELEVANT":892, "SQLDB_TOTSERVERS":19}
However, when i try to access the element using the key name i get "undefined" on the console ?
Nodejs
res.send(JSON.stringify(" { \"SQLDB_ASSIGNED\": "+assigned_tot+", \"SQLDB_POOLED\":"+pooled_tot+", \"SQLDB_RELEVANT\":"+relevant_tot+", \"SQLDB_TOTSERVERS\":"+servertotal+"}"));
Jquery Ajax
$.ajax({
url: '/currentdata',
async: false,
dataType: 'json',
success: function (data) {
console.log(data);
for(var i in data)
{
console.log(data[i].SQLDB_ASSIGNED+"---"+data[i].SQLDB_POOLED+"---"+data[i].SQLDB_RELEVANT+"---"+data[i].SQLDB_TOTSERVERS );
}
}
});

Your Node.js part is very weird. You are stringifying a string:
res.send(JSON.stringify(" { \"SQLDB_ASSIGNED\": "+assigned_tot+", \"SQLDB_POOLED\":"+pooled_tot+", \"SQLDB_RELEVANT\":"+relevant_tot+", \"SQLDB_TOTSERVERS\":"+servertotal+"}"));
Why not just this? That's probably what you are looking for:
res.send(JSON.stringify({
SQLDB_ASSIGNED: assigned_tot,
SQLDB_POOLED: pooled_tot,
SQLDB_RELEVANT: relevant_tot,
SQLDB_TOTSERVERS: servertotal
}));
And then in the callback just this:
data.SQLDB_ASSIGNED; // Here you go

I don't know why you are iterating over the keys of the json. You want this:
console.log(data.SQLDB_ASSIGNED+"---"+data.SQLDB_POOLED+"---"+data.SQLDB_RELEVANT+"---"+data.SQLDB_TOTSERVERS );
So the code would be:
$.ajax({
url: '/currentdata',
async: false,
dataType: 'json',
success: function (data) {
console.log(data.SQLDB_ASSIGNED+"---"+data.SQLDB_POOLED+"---"+data.SQLDB_RELEVANT+"---"+data.SQLDB_TOTSERVERS );
}
});

You seem to be treating the data variable as an array of objects, containing the keys you specify. I guess what you would like to do is this:
for(var key in data) {
console.log(key+": "+data[key]);
}
Or what?

Unable to get value from json object

I am trying to get a value from a json object after making an ajax call. Not sure what I am doing wrong it seems straight forward but not able to get the data
The data that comes back looks like this
{"data":"[{\"Id\":3,\"Name\":\"D\\u0027Costa\"}]"}
The code, removed some of the code
.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: "http://localhost:1448/RegisterDetails/",
dataType: 'json',
data: { "HomeID": self.Id, "Name": $("#txtFamilyName").val()},
success: function (result) {
console.log(result.data); //<== the data show here like above
alert(result.data.Id); //<==nothing show
},
error: function (xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) {
}
});
I tried in the Chrome console like this
obj2 = {}
Object {}
obj2 = {"data":"[{\"Id\":3,\"Name\":\"D\\u0027Costa\"}]"}
Object {data: "[{"Id":3,"Name":"D\u0027Costa"}]"}
obj2.data
"[{"Id":3,"Name":"D\u0027Costa"}]"
obj2.data.Id
undefined
obj2.Id
undefined
Update
The line that solved the issue as suggested here is
var retValue = JSON.parse(result.data)[0]
Now I can used
retValue.Name
to get the value

Actually, looking at this, my best guess is that you're missing JSON.parse()
.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: "http://localhost:1448/RegisterDetails/",
dataType: 'json',
data: { "HomeID": self.Id, "Name": $("#txtFamilyName").val()},
success: function (result) {
var javascriptObject = JSON.parse(result);
console.log(javascriptObject ); //<== the data show here like above
alert(javascriptObject.Id); //<==nothing show
},
error: function (xhr, ajaxOptions, thrownError) {
}
});
I also find that doing ajax requests like this is better:
var result = $.ajax({
url: "someUrl",
data: { some: "data" },
method: "POST/GET"
});
result.done(function (data, result) {
if (result == "success") { // ajax success
var data = JSON.parse(data);
//do something here
}
});
For clarity it just looks better, also copying and pasting into different functions as well is better.

The id property is in the first element of the data-array. So, alert(result.data[0].Id) should give the desired result. Just for the record: there is no such thing as a 'JSON-object'. You can parse a JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) string to a Javascript Object, which [parsing] supposedly is handled by the .ajax method here.

The data field is just a string, you should parse it to a JSON object with JSON.parse(result.data), since data is now an array you will need to need to use an index [0] to have access to the object. Know you will be able to get the Id property.
JSON.parse(result.data)[0].Id

Send array with $.post

I'm trying to execute a $.post() function with an array variable that contains the data, but it seams that I'm doing something wrong because it won't go or it's not possible
var parameters = [menu_name, file_name, status, access, parent, classes];
console.log(parameters);
$.post('do.php', { OP: 'new_menu', data: parameters }, function(result) {
console.log(result);
}, 'json'); //Doesn't work
Firebug debug: NS_ERROR_XPC_BAD_CONVERT_JS: Could not convert JavaScript argument
So, which would be the propper way of doing it (if possible)?

i am using for such kind of issues always the $.ajax form like this:
$.ajax({
url: 'do.php',
data: {
myarray: yourarray
},
dataType: 'json',
traditional: true,
success: function(data) {
alert('Load was performed.');
}
});
the traditional is very important by transfering arrays as data.

Could be the variables in the parameters array
Having ran your code and supplemented the parameters for something like:
var parameters = ['foo','bar'];
It seems to work fine. I think the problem must be in the variables that you are passing as part of the array. i.e. are menu_name, file_name, status, access, parent and classes variables all as you expect them to be? e.g. console log them and see what they are coming out as. One might be an object which doesn't convert to json.

Use JSON.stringify()
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/stringify
$.post('do.php', {
OP: 'new_menu',
data: JSON.stringify(parameters)
},
function(result) {
console.log(result);
},
'json'
);
And then, in the server-side use json_decode() to convert to a php array.
http://php.net/manual/es/function.json-decode.php

Ok, so with the help of these StackOverflow fellows I managed to make it work just the way I wanted:
var parameters = {
'name': menu_name.val(),
'file': file_name.val(),
'status': status.val(),
'group': group.val(),
'parent': parent.val(),
'classes': classes.val()
};
$.post('do.php', { OP: 'new_menu', data: parameters }, function(result) {
console.log(result);
}, 'json');