Man, fuck JavaScript. It's been basically impossible getting this JSON file to get parsed 😠

JSON is JavaScript??? Not sure what could go wrong there? Rather, the JSON file has errors.

@sboesch
Two different files: one a JS, another a JSON. Importing the data using JS from the JSON has been most frustrating

Like JSON.parse()?

@volttide

That's what I've been trying. Can I just say `JSON.parse("/path/to/file")`? Cause I've been trying `prev_arg = $.getJSON("/path/to/file"); JSON.parse(prev_arg)`

The code may help explain a bit more https://github.com/RiderExMachina/...

You need to wait for the Ajax request to complete. $.getJSON( "ajax/test.json", function( data ) {console.log(data);});

Does line 15 gave you any log? Or is it undefined?

@volttide

15 ends up as "undefined"

@sboesch JavaScript Object Notation. JSON.

@linuxxx

I think he was informing me

You need to input all the codes from line 15 to the func inside getJson

@RiderExMachina The data gets processed INSIDE the callback function, nothing more than that. Maybe return it there or set a global variable at the callback function?

@sboesch

That finally gets me somewhere, but not fully out of the woods.

@volttide this.

@RiderExMachina your image is too blurry

@linuxxx

@volttide

This is why I come to devRant. Let me try that here really quick

@RiderExMachina Also, if you're already getting it as a json object, you don't have to parse it by further.

@linuxxx @volttide @sboech

It works now. Thanks for clearing all of that up. You can test out the beta copy here: https://riderexmachina.github.io/be...

I truly thought this was going to be a troll post. Don't judge a book by its cover, kids.

@soggybutter

What is it they say about how to get the correct information on the internet? Just say incorrect things until someone corrects you? Or something like that at least.

But honestly, I was just missing one snippet of information that had been causing me pain all day. And it got resolved within 30 minutes after posting here.

Couldn't you just use fetch and parse it with the .then() function?

@RiderExMachina

Fair enough! And after reading into the thread it makes much more sense. There was just something beautifully ironic about JavaScript having trouble parsing its own object notation.