how do I access a bit of the JSON with jQuery?

Question

I think this is a simple issue I just haven't worked with JSON like this before. Very simply, I have a JSON object: ``` fc_json = { "product_count": 1, "total_price": 199.95, "total_weight": 1, "session_id": "26e8og4ldmlunj84uqf04l8l25", "custom_fields":{ "affiliateID":"25" }, "messages":{ "errors":[], "warnings":[], "info":[] } }; ``` and I want to extract just the variable of affiliateID using jQuery. Is there a simple way to do this? I really have no idea.

Accepted Answer

You don't need jQuery to access a JSON object. In fact, a JSON object IS a JavaScript object.

You should be able to do

```
alert(fc_json.custom_fields.affiliateID) // alerts 25
```

how do I access a bit of the JSON with jQuery?

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