Generate unordered list from JSON Data?

Question

I\'d like to generate a tree view of my JSON data. Therefore it would be nice to parse the JSON data into a multi-level (!) unordered HTML list

Answer 1

Here is a complete pure javascript solution. Recursive traverse the JSON object and construct you ul and li's as you go. It's better for not to add elements to the DOM one at a time, though.

HTML

JAVASCRIPT

var jsonObj ={"labels":[ {"labelFont":"35pt Calibri","labelLocation":{"x":0.1483, "y":0.75},  "labelText":"fluffer"},{"labelFont":"35pt Calibri","labelLocation":{"x":0.666, "y":0.666},  "labelText":"nutter"}]}; //some json to display

var listEl =document.getElementById('JSONunorderedList');
makeList(jsonObj,listEl);

function makeList( jsonObject, listElement){
    for(var i in jsonObject){//iterate through the array or object
        //insert the next child into the list as a 

        var newLI = document.createElement('li');
        if  (jsonObject[i] instanceof Array){
            newLI.innerHTML=i+": ARRAY";
            newLI.className="arrayOrObject"; //add a class tag so we can style differently
        }
        else if (  jsonObject[i] instanceof Object){
            newLI.innerHTML=i+": OBJECT";
            newLI.className="arrayOrObject"; //add a class tag so we can style differently
        }
        else
            newLI.innerHTML=i+': '+jsonObject[i];
        listElement.appendChild(newLI);   
        //insert a 
 for nested nodes 
        if  (jsonObject[i] instanceof Array || jsonObject[i] instanceof Object){
            var newUL = document.createElement('ul');
            //newUL.innerHTML=i;
            listElement.appendChild(newUL);
            makeList(jsonObject[i],newUL);
        }
    }
}

das fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/honkskillet/LvMnG/