I need to pre-fill a with a json item</a></h1> </div> <div class="grid fw-wrap pb8 mb16 bb bc-black-075"> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8" title="2016-01-12 19:07:53Z"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Asked</span> <time itemprop="dateCreated" datetime="2015-09-17T16:49:34.373" class="fromnow">Sep 17 '15 at 16:49</time> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mr16 mb8"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Active</span> <time class="fromnow" title="2015-09-17T17:56:24.247" datetime="2015-09-17T17:56:24.247">Sep 17 '15 at 17:56</a> </div> <div class="grid--cell ws-nowrap mb8" title="Viewed 988 times"> <span class="fc-light mr2">Viewed</span> 988 times </div> </div> <div id="mainbar" role="main" aria-label="questions and answers"> <div id="question" class="question" data-questionid="32635795" data-ownerid="2510606" data-score="0"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="32635795"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="0">0</div> <button class="js-bookmark-btn s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer py4"> <svg aria-hidden="true" class="svg-icon iconBookmark" width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18"><path d="M6 1a2 2 0 00-2 2v14l5-4 5 4V3a2 2 0 00-2-2H6zm3.9 3.83h2.9l-2.35 1.7.9 2.77L9 7.59l-2.35 1.7.9-2.76-2.35-1.7h2.9L9 2.06l.9 2.77z"></path></svg> <div class="js-bookmark-count mt4" data-value="0">0</div> </button> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>I have found that I can do this by with the following no problem, until I get to where I also need the to be editable and passed back on save if updated.</p> <p>Here is a directive that works to add the json data of the current item: (found on SO) - <a href="../../questions/17893708/angularjs-textarea-bind-to-json-object-shows-object-object">AngularJS: textarea bind to JSON object shows "object-object"</a></p> <pre><code> app.directive('jsonText', function() { return { restrict: 'A', require: 'ngModel', link: function(scope, element, attr, ngModel) { function into(input) { return JSON.parse(input); } function out(data) { return JSON.stringify(data); } ngModel.$parsers.push(into); ngModel.$formatters.push(out); } }; }); </code></pre> <p>And here is the html, this works for the pre-filling but I am needing the ngModel to also pull in so I can save that data incase of edits.</p> <pre><code><textarea json-text ng-model="review" id="review" class="form-control" rows="3" ng-bind="encounterNote"></textarea> </code></pre> <p>So in the end I need a way to pre-fill a (may be several lines of text from a jSON API), allow that to be edited and then on a save function I have already reference the "current" value to save and updates.</p></div> <div class="mt24 mb12"> <div class="post-taglist grid gs4 gsy fd-column"> <div class="grid ps-relative"> <a href="../../questions/tagged/javascript" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'javascript'" rel="tag">javascript</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/json" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'json'" rel="tag">json</a> <a href="../../questions/tagged/angularjs" class="post-tag js-gps-track" title="show questions tagged 'angularjs'" rel="tag">angularjs</a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="edited May 23 '17 at 12:14">edited May 23 '17 at 12:14</time> <a href="../../users/-1/community" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/-1.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Community" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/-1/community" class="s-user-card--link">Community</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">1</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="1 silver badges">1</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-signature owner grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="asked Sep 17 '15 at 16:49">asked Sep 17 '15 at 16:49</time> <a href="../../users/2510606/matthew-sheets" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/2510606.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Matthew Sheets" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/2510606/matthew-sheets" class="s-user-card--link">Matthew Sheets</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">67</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="1 silver badges">1</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-bling__bronze" title="8 bronze badges">8</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> <div id="comments-32635795" class="comments js-comments-container bt bc-black-075 mt12 " data-post-id="32635795" data-min-length="15"> <ul class="comments-list js-comments-list" data-remaining-comments-count="0" data-canpost="false" data-cansee="true" data-comments-unavailable="false" data-addlink-disabled="true"> <li id="comment-53120535" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="53120535" data-comment-owner-id="261299" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment53120535_32635795"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">Why do you need to parse and serialize at all? If the API returns JSON, you should be able to treat the returned JSON as a string and make that string your model. Then you could post that model back to the API as a string again. It seems like your problem stems from having your model be a proper JS object when all you need is a JSON string.</span> – <a href="../../users/261299/devinallenaz" title="430 reputation" class="comment-user ">devinallenaz</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/32635795/i-need-to-pre-fill-a-textarea-with-a-json-item#comment53120535_32635795"><span title="2015-09-17T17:00:00.197 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Sep 17 '15 at 17:00</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> <li id="comment-53121780" class="comment js-comment " data-comment-id="53121780" data-comment-owner-id="1175966" data-comment-score="0"> <div class="js-comment-actions comment-actions"> <div class="comment-score js-comment-edit-hide"> </div> </div> <div class="comment-text js-comment-text-and-form"> <a name="comment53121780_32635795"></a> <div class="comment-body js-comment-edit-hide"> <span class="comment-copy">if it is just text, none of this makes sense and it would seem you need to modify what is passed to `ng-model` What does data look like?</span> – <a href="../../users/1175966/charlietfl" title="170,828 reputation" class="comment-user ">charlietfl</a> <span class="comment-date" dir="ltr"><a class="comment-link" href="../../questions/32635795/i-need-to-pre-fill-a-textarea-with-a-json-item#comment53121780_32635795"><span title="2015-09-17T17:38:39.173 License: CC BY-SA 3.0" class="relativetime-clean">Sep 17 '15 at 17:38</span></a></span> </div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="answers"> <a name="tab-top"></a> <div id="answers-header"> <div class="answers-subheader grid ai-center mb8"> <div class="grid--cell fl1"> <h2 class="mb0" data-answercount="9">1 Answers<span style="display:none;" itemprop="answerCount">1</span></h2> </div> </div> </div> <a name="32636939"></a> <div id="answer-32636939" class="answer " data-answerid="32636939" data-ownerid="2510606" data-score="0" itemprop="suggestedAnswer" itemscope="" itemtype="https://schema.org/Answer"> <div class="post-layout"> <div class="votecell post-layout--left"> <div class="js-voting-container grid jc-center fd-column ai-stretch gs4 fc-black-200" data-post-id="32636939"> <button class="js-vote-up-btn grid--cell s-btn s-btnunset c-pointer"><svg aria-hidden="true" class="m0 svg-icon iconArrowUpLg" width="36" height="36" viewBox="0 0 36 36"><path d="M2 26h32L18 10 2 26z"></path></svg></button> <div class="js-vote-count grid--cell fc-black-500 fs-title grid fd-column ai-center" itemprop="upvoteCount" data-value="0">0</div> </div> </div> <div class="postcell post-layout--right"> <div class="s-prose js-post-body" itemprop="text"><p>@devinallenaz was correct, just using the ngModel in the textarea worked like a charm. </p> <p>Now I feel dumb.</p></div> <div class="mb0"> <div class="mt16 grid gs8 gsy fw-wrap jc-end ai-start pt4 mb16"> <div class="grid--cell mr16 fl1 w96"></div> <div class="post-signature owner grid--cell"> <div class="s-user-card s-user-card"> <time class="s-user-card--time" datetime="answered Sep 17 '15 at 17:56">answered Sep 17 '15 at 17:56</time> <a href="../../users/2510606/matthew-sheets" class="s-avatar s-avatar32 s-user-card--avatar"> <img class="s-avatar--image" src="../../users/profiles/2510606.webp" data-jdenticon-width="32" data-jdenticon-height="32" data-jdenticon-value="Matthew Sheets" /> </a> <div class="s-user-card--info"> <a href="../../users/2510606/matthew-sheets" class="s-user-card--link">Matthew Sheets</a> <ul class="s-user-card--awards"> <li class="s-user-card--rep" title="reputation score">67</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingsilver" title="1 silver badges">1</li> <li class="s-award-bling s-award-blingbronze" title="8 bronze badges">8</li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="post-layout--right js-post-comments-component"> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <script src="../../static/js/stack-icons.js"></script> <script src="../../static/js/fromnow.js"></script> </body> </html>