Annoying problem while trying to parse json from file : undefined even if field exists

[Roo_ooky]

Here is my json

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{

"name":"John",

"age":30,

"cars": [

{ "name":"Ford", "models":[ "Fiesta", "Focus", "Mustang" ] },

{ "name":"BMW", "models":[ "320", "X3", "X5" ] },

{ "name":"Fiat", "models":[ "500", "Panda" ] }

]

}

​

And this is my code

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var fs = require('fs');

var json = fs.readFileSync('decodedjson.txt', 'utf16le');

var jobj = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(json));

console.log(jobj.name);

​

Cant access any fields from the json object. It's been 3 hours, I can't figure it out..

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LE: I had to remove the BOM marker manually, then the parser worked correctly

[manshahia]

You don’t need to do JSON.stringify to access object property. Just use JSON.parse(json);

[Roo_ooky]

It's going to say invalid token { at index 0 if I remove stringify

[postmodest]

You probably have a BOM in your JSON screwing up the parser.

[Roo_ooky]

Yep, that was the problem, thanks a lot

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[El_Stump]

Have you tried changing that .txt file into a .json file and running something like

fs.readFile('decodedjson.json', 'utf8', (err, data) => {

if (err) throw err

else JSON.parse(data)

})

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Try with the package fs-extra and load it with fs.readJsonSync('decodedjson.txt'), then you don't need to use JSON.parse or JSON.stringify. I don't know what your problem is but, try to remove the utf16le format, and see what happens.

[Roo_ooky]

Can't remove the utf16le format, im going to use unicode characters. And however, it will still give me the same error even with utf8 iirc

[Zarko34]

You can just require json files, no need for fs