JSON from EJS to JSON object in JS

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George L picture George L · Jun 19, 2013 · Viewed 12.2k times · Source

I am using EJS with Node.JS, and am passing a JSON object into it, but need to have access to it as a usable object in the page. I am getting the unexpected token o error from this:

var initData=JSON.parse(<%-JSON.stringify(list)%>);

I cant figure out whats wrong here.

This is what it looks like in the file when rendered:

var initData=JSON.parse([{"title":"South Hills Health System - University Health Center","adr":"200 Lothrop St,15213","coords":"40.441875,-79.960813","images":[],"tags":[],"_id":"51c0e9798384f40000000017"},{"title":"Bombay Food Market","adr":"4605 Centre Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA","coords":null,"images":[],"tags":["indian","groceries","ethnic","store"],"_id":"51c0519e02b7cbec73000002"}]);

Answer

karaxuna picture karaxuna · Jun 19, 2013

try this:

var initData = JSON.parse('<%-JSON.stringify(list)%>');

OR:

var initData = <%-JSON.stringify(list)%>;

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