Im trying to build an application that fetches data from an web API that returns XML. I want this data in JSON instead, but the API does not support that.
How do i fetch the data and convert it to JSON?
I tried to use xml2js and it seems to work, but i dont understand how to save it as an object so i can use it in my app.
async componentDidMount(){
const url = "this is where the APIurl are";
fetch(url)
.then(res => res.text())
.then(body => parseString(body, function (err, result) {
console.log(result);
})
);
}
result seems to return the data as json, but i cant figure out how to use the data as an object later.
Your best option is to use an external lib to do that. A quick search in google and I found this one https://www.npmjs.com/package/xml-js.
You should also check this question: Convert XML to JSON (and back) using Javascript
To store it on your app you should grab what you need from the parsed XML and put it on the state.
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I am developing a front-end web application using Angular 11. This application uses several services which return data in JSON format.
I use the async / await javascript constructs and the Observables to get the answers from these services. This is an example my call:
let myResponse = await this.myService(this.myData);
myResponse.subscribe(
res => {
console.log("Res: ",res)
}, (error) => {
console.log("Error: ",error)
}
);
where this.myService contains the code doing the HTTP call using Angular httpClient.
Unfortunately a specific service (only one!) doesn't return data in JSON format but it returns a byte array (string that identifies a pdf -format application/pdf-).
Unfortunately this invocation causes a very strange error with code 200 OK:
How can I do to prevent res from being interpreted as JSON and therefore this error being reported? How can I read resreporting that it will not be in json format?
This service has no errors (with Postman it works perfectly). The problem is Javascript and Observable which are interpreted as JSON. How can I read the content of res in this case?
If a HTTP API call is not returning a JSON, just provide the proper value in the responseType option:
this.httpClient.get('<URL>', {
responseType: 'arraybuffer'
});
Ref: https://angular.io/api/common/http/HttpClient#description
I am trying to fetch a simple JSON element from express.js. I am trying have React assign it to a state variable on the front end. I am using this code to do so:
componentDidMount() {
fetch("/user")
.then(response => response.json())
.then(result => this.setState({myUser:result}))
}
But when I run typeof myUser after this setState command, it says string instead of object. I've tried using JSON.parse(), etc. But either I get an error or it continues to assign the data as a string rather than JSON. What sort of syntax do I need to use in this fetch-then context to coerce the data assignment to be JSON?
I have read this link:
With this code:
componentDidMount(){
fetch('https://abx.com/data/tool.json').then(response =>{
if (!response.ok) throw Error('Response not ok')
return response.json(); // This is built in JSON.parse wrapped as a Promise
}).then(json => {
this.setState({"sections" : json});
}).catch(err =>{
console.log(err);
});
}
But it doesn't solve the problem. I ran this code directly in my application verbatim. When I run typeof on the variable, it says string instead of object. I looked at other posts on Stack Overflow, but I did not see a solution to this.
I figured out what was going wrong (after many hours of experimenting):
On the server side, I was creating a "homegrown" JSON object using string and variable concatenation. I also tried creating the JSON object by doing this:
var str = "name:" + name + ", department:" + department
var user = {str};
Both of these were not working in subtle ways... despite trying different types of gadgetry on the client side, I couldn't get React to interpret the data as a JSON object. But then I had an idea to construct the JSON on the server side (in Express.js) like this:
var user = {};
user["name"] = name;
user["department"] = department;
That immediately cleared things up on the server side and the client side. When using setState() in React, it now sets the value as an object (which was the goal all along).
I think this can be useful to others... if React doesn't seem to understand the JSON, perhaps it is being sent from the server in a subtly incorrect format.
I need to create a JSON file in the below format in nodeJS also i need to traverse into the particular position and add the values if any. I have done it in Java, but no idea in NodeJs. It will be helpful if someone helps me. Thanks.
If my understanding is correct, you are using Protractor to automate AngularJS tests and write the results as JSON for reporting / for parsing it back once done?
If that's the case, you could simply store the results as a Object in Javascript and write it out using fs node package.
Writing the JSON Report file
var fs = require('fs');
//..Protractor .. and other logic..
var results = { Project : "xxx" , ....};
//...more of that assignment....
//You could use JSON.parse() or JSON.stringify() to read/convert this object to string vice versa and fs package to read/write it to file.
fs.writeFile("/tmp/testreport.json", JSON.stringify(results), function(err) {
if(err) {
return console.log(err);
}
console.log("The test report file was saved as JSON file!");
});
I have a table in the UI with the data. I want to export that data to the api side( restful service) in the csv format ( or json format, later I can convert that to the csv format on server side) so that I can download the file to provide a report.
I have a data as below as in the attachment:
I want all the table data to to be stored in an object and pass that object to the service side as a URL(using a POST request).
And I need to download that data on the server side( For this I have written a code to convert a JSON data to CSV form and then exporting it )
Have google for it and all I came across is the .js files and functions for it.while I am using/need typescript.
can I get a code snippet for it or at-least how to approach for a solution.
thanks in advance for the response.
You can export data (assuming that you have the list of data ) as Json object using http module, here the code that should do the work:
exportData(dataList : any): Observable<any> {
let headers = new Headers({ 'Content-Type': 'application/json' });
let options = new RequestOptions({ headers: headers });
return this.http.post(this.serverApiUrl, JSON.stringify(dataList), options)
.map(res => {
return res.json();
});
}
I'm using node, express, and mongoose.
I have a function that performs a search in a database and sends the response in a JSON format with:
res.jsonp(search_result);
This displays the correctly returned result in the browser as a JSON object. My question is, how do I get that JSON object?
I've tried returning search_result but that gives me null (possibly because asynchronous). I'd also like to not edit the current function (it was written by someone else). I'm calling the function and getting a screen full of JSON, which is what res.jsonp is supposed to do.
Thanks in advance.
Just make a new function that takes this JSON as parameter and place it inside the old one. Example:
// Old function
app.get('/', function(req,res){
// recieve json
json_object = .....
// Get json to your function
processJson(json_object);
// Old function stuff
.
.
.
});
function processJson(json_object) {
// Here you'll have the existing object and can process it
json_object...
}