Parse simple JSON string in Batch

Question

How do you parse a simple JSON string in Batch?

For example, if I have the following JSON string:

{ \"...\":\"...\", \"year\": 2016, \"time\": \"05:01\

Answer 1

There are different ways, here's one.

@echo off
set string={ "year": 2016, "time": "05:01" }
set string=%string:"=%

for /f "tokens=3,5" %%a in ('echo %string%') do set d=%%a&set t=%%b
echo -%d%- -%t%-
pause & goto :EOF

and here's a second:

@echo off
set string={ "year": 2016, "time": "05:01" }

for /f "tokens=3,5" %%a in ('echo %string%') do set d=%%~a&set t=%%~b
echo -%d%- -%t%-
pause & goto :EOF