How do I iterate through this JSON object in jQuery?

Question

I have a JSON object which is generated by PHP. It's an object with a set of dates. It has the timeStamp and then a formatted version of the date. How would I iterate through this in jQuery?

{
  "dates":[
    {
      "timeStamp": 1317596400,
      "formattedDate": "Mon 03 October 2011"
    },
    {
      "timeStamp": 1317682800,
      "formattedDate": "Tue 04 October 2011"
    },
    {
      "timeStamp": 1317855600,
      "formattedDate": "Thu 06 October 2011"
    }
  ]
}

I've tried:

for (var i in data) { 
  alert(data.dates[i].timeStamp); 
};

for (var i in data) { 
  alert(data[i].dates.timeStamp); 
};

and

for (var i in data) { 
  alert(data.dates.timeStamp[i]); 
};

I cleaned up your code for posterity, this is a good example. — Mike Kormendy, Jul 23 '16 at 23:01

gion_13 · Accepted Answer · 2018-07-19T19:52:37.207

Since you tagged your question as a jquery one, you should use $.each because it's jquery's iterator function:

$.each(data.dates, function(index, element) {
    alert(element.timeStamp); 
});

If you want to stick to the for in syntax (which i see you've tried), a solution might be :

for(var key in data.dates) {
     alert(data.dates[key].timeStamp); 
}

But beware that the for in syntax may do more than you think it does: it iterates over the properties inherited from the prototype too, so it might be usefull to make sure you iterate only on the object instance properties:

for(var key in data.dates) {
    // if it's not something from the prototype
    if(data.dates.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
        alert(data.dates[key].timeStamp); 
    }
}

update
Another elegant way is to use the Object.keys method that returns an array containing all the keys in the targeted object to iterate over all the object's properties:

for(var i=0, keys=Object.keys(data.dates), l=keys.length; i<l; i++) {
    alert(data.dates[i].timeStamp);
}

Hey thanks, I decided to stick with the for in syntax. Just something I'm more familiar with coming from a PHP and Java background — Johnathan Au, Mar 27 '12 at 10:01
Shouldn't it be "i" instead of "key" in the alert?..Using 'i' worked for me — KuroNeko, Jul 19 '18 at 19:51
Thanks for noticing, @Ravin! It was a typo - the power of copy-paste :) — gion_13, Jul 19 '18 at 19:53

score 3 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 11 '14 at 08:52

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You use $.each().
It looks like this:

$.each(data, function(n, elem) {
    // here you process your data to data loaded to lines               
});

edited Mar 11 '14 at 08:52

gion_13

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answered Mar 27 '12 at 09:48

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$.each does not work in situations where there is no length and will just be passed over. – gcoleman0828 Apr 03 '14 at 19:27
the OP is attempting to iterate through an array of dates, arrays have a length: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/length – Mike Simmons Apr 07 '14 at 15:24

score 2 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 01 '17 at 02:04

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You can simply iterate through the json structure using jQuery each:

$.each(data, function(index, element) {
   alert(element.dates.timeStamp); 
});

edited Nov 01 '17 at 02:04

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answered Feb 23 '16 at 10:10

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Mar 27 '12 at 09:48

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jQuery.each() is probably the easiest way, check this out: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.each/

eg

$.each(dates, function(index, date) { alert(date.timeStamp); });

answered Mar 27 '12 at 09:48

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How do I iterate through this JSON object in jQuery?

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