Parsing JSON (US BLS) in VBA from MS Access - json

Question

Thank you in advance for your assistance.
I am using a JSON VB6 Parser which can be found at: VB JSON Parser
I have the following JSON response (Comes from the BLS website, specifically this link Here:
{"status":"REQUEST_SUCCEEDED","responseTime":71,"message":[],"Results":{
"series":
[{"seriesID":"WPS012","data":[{"year":"2014","period":"M11","periodName":"November","value":"153.6","footnotes":[{"code":"P","text":"Preliminary. All indexes are subject to revision four months after original publication."}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M10","periodName":"October","value":"147.4","footnotes":[{"code":"P","text":"Preliminary. All indexes are subject to revision four months after original publication."}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M09","periodName":"September","value":"146.5","footnotes":[{"code":"P","text":"Preliminary. All indexes are subject to revision four months after original publication."}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M08","periodName":"August","value":"156.9","footnotes":[{"code":"P","text":"Preliminary. All indexes are subject to revision four months after original publication."}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M07","periodName":"July","value":"156.4","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M06","periodName":"June","value":"179.6","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M05","periodName":
"May","value":"205.4","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M04","periodName":"April","value":"201.6","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M03","periodName":"March","value":"188.1","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M02","periodName":"February","value":"180.2","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2014","period":"M01","periodName":"January","value":"177.8","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M12","periodName":"December","value":"183.2","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M11","periodName":"November","value":"180.4","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M10","periodName":"October","value":"186.4","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M09","periodName":"September","value":"197.1","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M08","periodName":"August","value":"222.2","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M07","periodName":"July","value":"252.9","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M06","periodName":"June","value":"259.0","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M05","p
eriodName":"May","value":"263.7","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M04","periodName":"April","value":"249.3","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M03","periodName":"March","value":"268.1","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M02","periodName":"February","value":"267.1","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2013","period":"M01","periodName":"January","value":"279.7","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M12","periodName":"December","value":"283.2","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M11","periodName":"November","value":"280.8","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M10","periodName":"October","value":"286.7","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M09","periodName":"September","value":"285.2","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M08","periodName":"August","value":"298.9","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M07","periodName":"July","value":"275.8","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M06","periodName":"June","value":"226.9","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","perio
d":"M05","periodName":"May","value":"233.7","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M04","periodName":"April","value":"239.9","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M03","periodName":"March","value":"243.6","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M02","periodName":"February","value":"239.9","footnotes":[{}]},{"year":"2012","period":"M01","periodName":"January","value":"243.8","footnotes":[{}]}]}]
}}`
I am able to use the parser to return "status", "responseTime" and "message". Anything beyond that (the opening of the second curly bracket) I get nothing.
Below is the code I am trying to use:
Dim p As Object
Set p = JSON.parse(gbl_response)
'Print the text of a nested property '
Debug.Print p.Item("responseTime")
'Print the text of a property within an array '
Debug.Print p.Item("Results").Item("series").Item("seriesID")
The print of p.Item("responseTime") works and returns "71", however I get an "invalid call procedure or argument" error on the second print attempt.
For the life of me, I've searched around and have not found any solutions. I've tried this which seemed almost identical, but alas, I've tried to replicate the solution here and it seems to have not worked.
Thank you for you assistance!

Answer 1

Public Const jsonSource As String = "{" & _
"""status"": ""REQUEST_SUCCEEDED"", " & _
"""responseTime"": 71, " & _
"""message"": [ " & _
"], " & _
"""Results"": { " & _
"""series"": [ " & _
"{ " & _
"""seriesID"": ""WPS012"", " & _
"""data"": [ " & _
"{ " & _
"""year"": ""2014"", " & _
"""period"": ""M11"", " & _
"""periodName"": ""November"", " & _
"""value"": ""153.6"", " & _
"""footnotes"": [ " & _
"{ " & _
"""code"": ""P"", " & _
"""text"": ""Preliminary. All indexes are subject to revision four months after original publication."" " & _
"} " & _
"] " & _
"} " & _
"] " & _
"}]}}"
Sub JsonTest()
Dim jsonData As Scripting.Dictionary
Set jsonData = JSON.parse(jsonSource)
Dim responseTime As String
responseTime = jsonData("responseTime")
Dim results As Scripting.Dictionary
Set results = jsonData("Results")
Dim series As Collection
Set series = results("series")
Dim seriesItem As Scripting.Dictionary
For Each seriesItem In series
Dim seriesId As String
seriesId = seriesItem("seriesID")
Debug.Print seriesId
Dim data As Collection
Set data = seriesItem("data")
Dim dataItem As Scripting.Dictionary
For Each dataItem In data
Dim year As String
year = dataItem("year")
Dim period As String
period = dataItem("period")
Dim periodName As String
periodName = dataItem("periodName")
Dim value As String
value = dataItem("value")
Dim footnotes As Collection
Set footnotes = dataItem("footnotes")
Dim footnotesItem As Scripting.Dictionary
For Each footnotesItem In footnotes
Dim code As String
code = footnotesItem("code")
Dim text As String
text = footnotesItem("text")
Next footnotesItem
Next dataItem
Next seriesItem
End Sub