JavaScript loop through JSON array?

Question

I am trying to loop through the following json array:

{
  "id": "1",
  "msg": "hi",
  "tid": "2013-05-05 23:35",
  "fromWho": "[email protected]"
}, {
  "id": "2",
  "msg": "there",
  "tid": "2013-05-05 23:45",
  "fromWho": "[email protected]"
}

And have tried the following

for (var key in data) {
   if (data.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
      console.log(data[key].id);
   }
}

But for some reason I'm only getting the first part, id 1 values.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Your JSON should look like this:

var json = [{
    "id" : "1", 
    "msg"   : "hi",
    "tid" : "2013-05-05 23:35",
    "fromWho": "[email protected]"
},
{
    "id" : "2", 
    "msg"   : "there",
    "tid" : "2013-05-05 23:45",
    "fromWho": "[email protected]"
}];

You can loop over the Array like this:

for(var i = 0; i < json.length; i++) {
    var obj = json[i];

    console.log(obj.id);
}

Or like this (suggested from Eric) be careful with IE support

json.forEach(function(obj) { console.log(obj.id); });