Correcting JSON string with incorrect notation?

Question

I'm working on a web application witch javascript, and I have to receive and parse a JSON string that looks like this:

{name:"", house:""}

What's the best way to convert it to proper notation?

{"name":"", "house":""}

Thanks in advance!

Why do you wanna change it? it seems right until you have special characters in the names/ — Rikki
– Rikki, Commented Nov 10, 2012 at 17:45

Fabrício Matté · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-10 18:13:32Z

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var str = '{name:"", house:""}';
var newStr = JSON.stringify( eval( '(' + str + ')' ) );
console.log(newStr); //{"name":"", "house":""}

Fiddle

Do not use eval if the data source is untrusted though.

By the way, are you sure you're receiving a badly formed JSON string and it is not just an object? In case you're using jQuery, it automatically parses JSON responses into objects. In that case you'd just call JSON.stringify passing the object to make a valid JSON string from it, or access the request's responseText. Fiddle with jQuery Ajax.

edited Nov 10, 2012 at 18:13

answered Nov 10, 2012 at 17:44

Fabrício Matté

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