parse

The parse task parses a JSON string and returns a JavaScript object. If a malformed JSON string is passed, an exception is thrown. This task is useful when dealing with JSON-formatted content.

Potential use case

Some systems return an XML payload that contains stringified JSON. The parse task reforms the string into a working JSON object so that the individual data components within the object can be accessed.

Properties

Example

The text string to parse is statically set to {"firstName": "John", "lastName": "Smith", "age": 22, "state": "California"}.

The outgoing textObject variable is:

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{
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  "firstName": "John",
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  "lastName": "Smith",
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  "age": 22,
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  "state": "California"
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}