parsing JSON into a table
HTML
<body onLoad="buildHtmlTable()">
<table id="excelDataTable" border="1">
</table>
</body>
CSS
th {
font-weight : bold
}
JavaScript
var returnedList = [{"user": { "username":"test","password":"test","email":""}}];
var myList = returnedList.user[];
// Builds the HTML Table out of myList json data from Ivy restful service.
function buildHtmlTable() {
var columns = addAllColumnHeaders(myList);
for (var i = 0; i < myList.length; i++) {
var row$ = $('<tr/>');
for (var colIndex = 0; colIndex < columns.length; colIndex++) {
var cellValue = myList[i][columns[colIndex]];
if (cellValue == null) {
cellValue = "";
}
row$.append($('<td/>').html(cellValue));
}
$("#excelDataTable").append(row$);
}
}
// Adds a header row to the table and returns the set of columns.
// Need to do union of keys from all records as some records may not contain
// all records
function addAllColumnHeaders(myList) {
var columnSet = [];
var headerTr$ = $('<tr/>');
for (var i = 0; i < myList.length; i++) {
var rowHash = myList[i];
for (var key in rowHash) {
if ($.inArray(key, columnSet) == -1) {
columnSet.push(key);
headerTr$.append($('<th/>').html(key));
}
}
}
$("#excelDataTable").append(headerTr$);
return columnSet;
}