parseJSON — GTM Variable Template for String

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parseJSON EXTENDED String

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Parses a JSON string into a JavaScript value.

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Examples

Parse JSON object▶ Try

INPUT

Value to Process: {"name": "John", "age": 30}

OUTPUT

John

Parse JSON array▶ Try

INPUT

Value to Process: [1, 2, 3, "test"]

OUTPUT

4

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parseJSON

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JSON String

💾 The JSON string to parse into an object.

Input Setup

Input Function (optional)

⚙️ Optional pre-processing function applied to the JSON string before internal logic (e.g., trim whitespace, replace characters). Internal transformations will still apply afterward.

Result Handling

Output Function (optional)

⚙️ Optional function to apply to the result before returning it (e.g., obj => obj.data for nested extraction, obj => Object.keys(obj) for keys only). Useful for chaining transformations on the output.

JSON String string

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🎯 Using special value — click input to type instead

Test with:

Falsy undefined null "" empty 0 false NaN

Truthy true 42 "hello" {} empty [] empty {a:1} [1,2,3]

🔗 Result Handling — Chain Variables

Chain apply-mode variables to the output. Each variable receives the result of the previous one.

parseJSON()

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Related Variables

Same category: String

→ charAt → collapseWhitespace → concat → countWordsInString → endsWith → extract → extractFirstSegment → extractNumber → fromBase64 → indexOf → left → matchAll → matchRegex → normalizeEmail → normalizePhone → padEnd → padStart → replaceAll → replaceAllWithRegex → replaceFirst → right → safeSplit → search → slice → slugify → split → startsWith → stripAccents → stripHtml → substringAfter → substringBefore → test → toBase64 → toCamelCase → toJsonString → toKebabCase → toLocaleLowerCase → toLocaleUpperCase → toLowerCase → toNumber → toSnakeCase → toStartCase → toString → toStringRepresentation → toUpperCase → toUpperFirst → trim → trimEnd → trimStart → truncate

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Under the Hood

📜 View Implementation Code

/**
 * Parses the provided JSON string into a JavaScript object.
 *
 * @param {string} data.src - The JSON string that needs to be parsed into an object.
 * @param {Function|string} [data.out] - Optional output handler: function to transform result or string with format.
 *
 * Direct-mode specific parameters:
 * @param {Function} [data.pre] - Optional pre-processor function to transform inp before parsing.
 *
 * @returns {any|undefined} Returns the JavaScript object or value parsed from the JSON string, undefined if the string is not a valid JSON.
 *
 * @framework ggLowCodeGTMKit
 */

const JSON = require('JSON');
const parseJSON = function(input) {
   if (input == null || input == "undefined" || input == "null" || input === "" || typeof input === "function") return undefined;
    return JSON.parse(input);
};

const safeFunction = fn => typeof fn === 'function' ? fn : x => x;
const out = safeFunction(data.out);

// ===============================================================================
// parseJSON - Direct mode
// ===============================================================================
const applyCast = (castFn, value) => safeFunction(castFn)(value);
const processedInput = applyCast(data.pre, data.src);
return out(parseJSON(processedInput));

// ===============================================================================
// parseJSON() – Apply Mode
// ===============================================================================
/*
return function(value) {
   return out(parseJSON(value));
};
*/

🧪 View Test Scenarios (12 tests)

✅ '[example] Parse JSON object'
✅ '[example] Parse JSON array'
✅ Valid JSON string
✅ Valid JSON number
✅ Valid JSON boolean
✅ Invalid JSON syntax - should return undefined
✅ Empty string - should return undefined
✅ Null - should return undefined
✅ Stringified undefined - should return undefined
✅ Stringified null - should return undefined
✅ Function - should return undefined
✅ Valid number