JavaScript · Collections, storage and utilities

JSON.parse()

Parses JSON text. Wrap it in try/catch because malformed input throws.

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Syntax

JSON.parse(text)

Example

Try it

try {
  console.log(JSON.parse('{"a":1}').a);
} catch { console.log("bad json"); }

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