Ruby JSON parse changes Hash keys

Question

Lets say I have this Hash:

{
  :info => [
    {
        :from => \"Ryan Bates\",
        :message => \"sup bra\",
        :time => \"04:35 AM\"
          


        

Answer 1

1. Use ActiveSupport::JSON.decode, it will allow you to swap json parsers easier
2. Use ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(my_json, symbolize_names: true)

This will recursively symbolize all keys in the hash.

(confirmed on ruby 2.0)