How to extract data from JSON object

Question

I am using Google Script to fetch an url that returns me the following JSON object:

[
    {
        "rsid":"op-bigideas",
        "site_title":"Big Ideas",
        "evars":[
            {
                "name":"Tracking Code",
                "type":"text_string",
                "id":"trackingcode",
                "expiration_type":"week",
                "expiration_custom_days":"1",
                "allocation_type":"most_recent_last"
            },
            {
                "name":"Custom eVar 1",
                "description":"",
                "type":"text_string",
                "enabled":false,
                "id":"evar1",
                "expiration_type":"visit",
                "expiration_custom_days":1,
                "allocation_type":"most_recent_last"
            }
        ]
     }
  ]

How can I extract the name property from evars using javascript with Google Apps Script?

This is the code that returns me the JSON object:

var elements = JSON.parse(UrlFetchApp.fetch(url, options));

I already tried the following but only receiving undefined message:

1.

  for(var elem in elements) {
    Logger.log(elements[elem]['evars'].name);
  }

2.

  for(var elem in elements) {
    Logger.log(elements[elem].evars.name);
  }

3.

var newData = JSON.parse(elements);
Logger.log(newData.evars.name)

Point of education: There is no thing as a JSON object. Once you parse the data you have a JavaScript object or an array. — Jeremy J Starcher
– Jeremy J Starcher, Commented Jun 13, 2016 at 20:22

tjespe · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-13 18:45:36Z

1

If I understand you correctly, you want to get the values of the name properties. This code will log the name properties:

for (var elem in elements) {
  for (var evar in elements[elem].evars) {
    Logger.log(elements[elem].evars[evar].name);
  }
}

This will output:

"Tracking Code"
"Custom eVar 1"

edited Jun 13, 2016 at 18:45

answered Jun 13, 2016 at 18:37

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Valip Over a year ago

I added only 1 object to question, but the JSON contains more than 10 objects and I need to log the name property for all of them...

Ethan Brown · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-13 18:38:23Z

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There are multiple name properties for each element, so I think you want to map twice:

elements.map(function(elt) {
    return !elt.evars ? [] : elt.evars.map(function(evar) {
        return evar.name;
    });
});

This will give you an array of arrays; the outer array is the elements, each of which contains an array of the names. For your example, this will be:

[
    ["Tracking Code", "Custom eVar 1"]
]

edited Jun 13, 2016 at 18:38

answered Jun 13, 2016 at 18:32

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Brandon Tiqui · Accepted Answer · 2016-06-13 19:14:23Z

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for (var elem in elements[0].evars) {
  Logger.log(elements[0].evars[elem].name);
}

answered Jun 13, 2016 at 19:14

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