Using jQuery to validate JSON input into a form textarea field

Question

How can JSON input into a form textarea field be validated using jQuery?

Mark Coleman · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-09 00:58:37Z

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var theJson = jQuery.parseJSON($(this).val())

quick example on jsfiddle.

answered Feb 9, 2011 at 0:44

Mark Coleman

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Update many years later: jQuery.parseJSON() is deprecated. You should use JSON.parse() instead.