How to parse this json object?

Question

this is the JSON object and I need to access the gps-recs: entries. The dash (-) is giving me and error on not defined when I tried to parse:

"recs-count": 139, 
"gps-recs": [
    { 
        "RecId": 40020551513, 
        "City": "New Port Richey", 
        "Country": "USA", 
        "County": "PASCO", 
        "State": "FL", 
        "Street": "1546 Amaryllis ct.", 
        "ZipCode": "34655", 
        "CurrentOdometer": 12161, 
        "Heading": 0, 
        "Latitude": 28.181690, 
        "Longitude": -82.658420, 
        "SpeedMph": 0, 
        "SpeedLimitMph": 25, 
        "Status": "Stopped", 
        "StatusDuration": "1.05:00:00", 
        "PrimaryLandmarkName": "Max's home", 
        "CurrentHardmountEvent": null, 
        "UtcTimeTag": "2013-11-28T05:23:34", 
        "UserTimeTag": "2013-11-28T00:23:34", 
        "UserInfo": { 
            "UserId": 201274, 
            "UserNumber": "22", 
            "UserName": "Max's Car" 
        } 
    },
    { 
        "RecId": 40020551610, 
        "City": "New Port Richey", 
        "Country": "USA", 
        "County": "PASCO", 
        "State": "FL", 
        "Street": "1546 Amaryllis ct.", 
        "ZipCode": "34655", 
        "CurrentOdometer": 12161, 
        "Heading": 0, 
        "Latitude": 28.181690, 
        "Longitude": -82.658410,

This is my code:

var request = require("request");

var options = { method: 'GET',
  url: 'URL',
   };

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  var result = JSON.parse(body);
    console.log(result);
    console.log(Object.keys(result).length);
    });

the parse statement I am trying to use to parse the portion inside the gps-recs entry is:

var result = JSON.parse(body).gps-recs;

I am receiving the following error message: ReferenceError: recs is not defined

`JSON.parse` is throwing an error? Or what is? Where / how are you trying to access the values? — Felix Kling, Oct 28 '15 at 19:53
when I tried to parse var result = JSON.parse(body).gps-recs. The error says: ReferenceError: recs is not defined. — Vanessa Torres, Oct 28 '15 at 19:58
`JSON.parse(body).gps-recs` means `JSON.parse(body).gps - recs` i.e. subtract the value of `recs` from the value of `JSON.parse(body).gps`. — Felix Kling, Oct 28 '15 at 20:07

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 28 '15 at 20:07

You can access like this data["gps-recs"]

You should update your code like below:

request(options, function (error, response, body) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  var result = JSON.parse(body);
  console.log(result["gps-recs"]);
  console.log(result["gps-recs"].length);
});

How to parse this json object?

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