I need to create a table from selected data generated by some rental software in json format via an api. The json data supplied is a list of products, and is quite extensive with objects containing other objects and arrays.
The problem comes when I need to retrieve the data from an object within an object. I want to get Name, weight and Rental Price form the data below. The rental price is in the rental_rate object.
{
"products": [
{
"id": 1404,
"name": "Product 1",
"type": "Product",
"tag_list": [],
"description": "",
"allowed_stock_type": 1,
"allowed_stock_type_name": "Rental",
"stock_method": 1,
"stock_method_name": "Bulk",
"buffer_percent": "50.0",
"post_rent_unavailability": 0,
"replacement_charge": "0.0",
"weight": "0.5",
"barcode": "@st2078",
"active": true,
"accessory_only": false,
"system": false,
"discountable": true,
"rental_rate": {
"item_id": 1404,
"store_id": 1,
"transaction_type": 1,
"rate_definition_id": 3,
"price": "10.0",
"deposit": "0.0",
"category_prices": [],
"properties": {
"day_cost": "0.0",
"day_price": "0.0",
"hour_cost": "0.0",
"hour_price": "0.0",
"__value_types": "---\nday_price: BigDecimal\nhour_price: BigDecimal\ndistance_price: BigDecimal\nflat_rate_price: BigDecimal\nday_cost: BigDecimal\nhour_cost: BigDecimal\ndistance_cost: BigDecimal\nflat_rate_cost: BigDecimal\n",
"distance_cost": "0.0",
"distance_price": "0.0",
"flat_rate_cost": "0.0",
"flat_rate_price": "0.0"
},
"priority": 0,
"date_range": "1900-01-01...3000-01-01"
},
"sale_rate": null,
"product_group_id": 5,
"tax_class_id": 2,
"rental_revenue_group_id": 1,
"sale_revenue_group_id": null,
"created_at": "2017-02-06T00:49:47.755Z",
"updated_at": "2017-02-06T00:49:47.755Z",
"custom_fields": {
"barcode_notes": "Actual Leg Length is: 3'",
"product_serial_number": ""
},
"product_group": {
"id": 5,
"name": "Staging",
"description": "",
"created_at": "2017-02-05T22:20:53.465Z",
"updated_at": "2017-02-05T22:20:53.465Z",
"custom_fields": {}
},
"tax_class": {
"id": 2,
"name": "VAT Standard"
},
"icon": null,
"rental_revenue_group": {
"id": 1,
"name": "Rental",
"description": "",
"active": true
},
"sale_revenue_group": null,
"accessories": [],
"alternative_products": [],
"attachments": [],
"rental_rates": [
{
"id": 1782,
"store_id": null,
"store_name": "",
"rate_definition_id": 3,
"rate_definition_name": "3 Day Week Rate",
"starts_at": null,
"ends_at": null,
"price": "10.0",
"category_prices": []
}
],
"sale_rates": []
},
{
"id": 2395,
"name": "Product 2",
"type": "Product",
"tag_list": [],
"description": "",
"allowed_stock_type": 1,
"allowed_stock_type_name": "Rental",
"stock_method": 2,x
"stock_method_name": "Serialised",
"buffer_percent": "50.0",
"post_rent_unavailability": 0,
"replacement_charge": "0.0",
"weight": "45.0",
"barcode": "",
"active": true,
"accessory_only": false,
"system": false,
"discountable": true,
"rental_rate": {
"item_id": 2395,
"store_id": 1,
"transaction_type": 1,
"rate_definition_id": 3,
"price": "0.0",
"deposit": "0.0",
"category_prices": [],
"properties": {
"day_cost": "0.0",
"day_price": "0.0",
"hour_cost": "0.0",
"hour_price": "0.0",
"__value_types": "---\nday_price: BigDecimal\nhour_price: BigDecimal\ndistance_price: BigDecimal\nflat_rate_price: BigDecimal\nday_cost: BigDecimal\nhour_cost: BigDecimal\ndistance_cost: BigDecimal\nflat_rate_cost: BigDecimal\n",
"distance_cost": "0.0",
"distance_price": "0.0",
"flat_rate_cost": "0.0",
"flat_rate_price": "0.0"
},
"priority": 0,
"date_range": "1900-01-01...3000-01-01"
},
"sale_rate": null,
"product_group_id": 6,
"tax_class_id": 2,
"rental_revenue_group_id": 1,
"sale_revenue_group_id": null,
"created_at": "2017-02-06T00:50:35.834Z",
"updated_at": "2017-02-06T00:50:35.834Z",
"custom_fields": {
"barcode_notes": "",
"product_serial_number": ""
},
"product_group": {
"id": 6,
"name": "Cases",
"description": "",
"created_at": "2017-02-05T22:20:53.509Z",
"updated_at": "2017-02-05T22:20:53.509Z",
"custom_fields": {}
},
"tax_class": {
"id": 2,
"name": "VAT Standard"
},
"icon": null,
"rental_revenue_group": {
"id": 1,
"name": "Rental",
"description": "",
"active": true
},
"sale_revenue_group": null,
"accessories": [],
"alternative_products": [],
"attachments": [],
"rental_rates": [
{
"id": 2773,
"store_id": null,
"store_name": "",
"rate_definition_id": 3,
"rate_definition_name": "3 Day Week Rate",
"starts_at": null,
"ends_at": null,
"price": "0.0",
"category_prices": []
}
],
"sale_rates": []
}
],
"meta": {
"total_row_count": 1376,
"row_count": 2,
"page": 1,
"per_page": 2
}
}
and here is the JS I am using to get the data:
$(document).ready( function() {
$.getJSON( 'https://myapi.com/products', function(data) {
$.each(data.products, function() {
$("table#prod").append("<tr><td>" + this['name'] + "</td><td>" + this['rental_rate.price'] + "</td><td>" + this['weight'] + "kg</td></tr>");
}); }); });
This works fine for name and weight, but not rental price. I have done a thorough search of most places on the internet and not found an answer - my javascript knowledge is limited, which probably means I am going about this all wrong, or not describing it well enough... Any help or improved methods would be much appreciated!
