$.parseJson with html encoded string

Question

I receive an html encoded string from server code and I want to convert it to JSON using $.parseJSON but it throws the exception. This is the string returned by asp.net's JavaScript serializer:

{"Property":"Name","Template":"\u003cinput data-val=\"true\" data-val-number=\"The field ID must be a number.\"....

String is correct as returned by JS serializer but when I call

var data = '<%=serializer.Serialize(Model))%>';
data = $.parseJson(data);
// I also tried $.parseJSON(unescape(data)) but with no luck

The situation is that I can't prevent html encoding of string on server side. How can I parse this string to JSON?

Marc B · Accepted Answer · 2011-09-13 16:26:21Z

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Since JSON is basically just literal JS code for defining a variable's contents, you could just skip the whole json parseing step with:

var data = <%= serializer.Serialize(Model)) %>; // note: no quotes
alert(data.Property);

answered Sep 13, 2011 at 16:26

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3 Comments

Metro Smurf Over a year ago

the removal of the quotes is key.

Muhammad Adeel Zahid Over a year ago

i tried it without quotes but it complains that data.0 is null or not an object

Muhammad Adeel Zahid Over a year ago

sorry i was still trying to $.parseJson. it is perfectly working now. thanks a lot

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