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JavaScript

Posted by Matt Roberts
Matt Roberts
5,173 Points

why it called profileJSON? I can't find the a json title is this a rule when parsing data from a JSON response?

It's a curiosity question this

If i go to https://teamtreehouse.com/mattroberts2.json and view the JSON i don't see a profile or profileJSON text anywhere, so how would i know that the values from the JSON can be parsed using

var values = {
        avatarUrl: profileJSON.gravatar_url, 
        username: profileJSON.profile_name,
        badges: profileJSON.badges.length,
        javascriptPoints: profileJSON.points.JavaScript
      }

1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,153 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,153 Points

The "profileJSON" variable was created earlier in code not shown here, and it holds a plain JavaScript object created by converting the file contents (from JSON format).

All this code does is create a new object using selected attributes from the existing one.

For future questions show the whole code and/or provide a link to the course page.