[OpenLayers-Users] OpenLayers.Format.JSON not working

[Eric Lemoine]

On Thursday, November 26, 2009, Mak Kolybabi <mak.kolybabi at telenium.ca> wrote:
> I've wasted long enough on this, it's time to ask for help...
>
> I'm making a simple Ajax request with OpenLayers.loadURL, which works perfectly.
> If I process the return data with:
>
>     var info = eval("(" + response.responseText + ")");
>
> a proper object is created in both IE and Firefox. But if I try to use:
>
>     var parser = new OpenLayers.Format.JSON();
>     var info = parser.read(response.responseText);
>
> nothing happens. In fact, if I try:
>
>     var parser = new OpenLayers.Format.JSON();
>     var info = parser.read("{'a': 1}");


This isn't valid JSON. Use <http://www.JSONLint.com/>. Try {"a": 1}.

Cheers,

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