parse json in jquery

Question

$.ajax({
 url: 'contact',
 type: 'post',
 asynch: 'false', 
 dataType: 'json' ,
 data: "recaptcha_challenge_field=" + $("#recaptcha_challenge_field").val() + 
 "&recaptcha_response_field=" + $("#recaptcha_response_field").val() , 
 success: function(data) { 
 alert(data); 
 return;
 } 
 }); 

json reponse looks like this

{"the_result":"false"}

but alert(data) gives [object,object]

• Eli Grey: Do you mean it gives [object Object] instead of [object,object]?

Answer 1

alert(data.the_result) will display false in your example, or whatever the value of the_result is generally.

Answer 2

The response that you are getting is an Object. To display the data, you need to use:

alert(data.the_result);

or

alert(data["the_result"]);

If you just want the whole JSON string then just change the dataType to "text".

Answer 3

I think your success function should look like this:

function(data){
 alert(data.the_result);
 return;
}

Answer 4

try this:

alert(JSON.stringify(data));

then you'll be able to see that data as you want to.

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• codersarepeople: Sorry I'm sorta new here, what's CW? And why is mine so negative if it was accepted? lawl