Regex a json object inside of string

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I'm currently working on parsing out json objects from a string(and I'm close), but my regex just can't handle multiple objects throughout the string.

Here's my current regex:

/(\[{|\{)(?=.)(?: [^*] | (R) )*(\}]|\})/g

And here is my test string. I'm trying to capture both type of objects, {...} and [{...}].

Below is the string test string that I'm using.

Here is some json string for regex to parse [{"funarray": [12, 343, 4], "name": "John Doe", "age": 23, "_id": "ad14ab20-df9a-11e7-9ece-3b010fca83e0", "created_at": 1513124107987 }, {"name": "Jane Doe", "age": 28, "_id": "ad167fe0-df9a-11e7-9ece-3b010fca83e0", "created_at": 1513124107998 }, {"name": "John Smith", "age": 21, "_id": "ad16a6f0-df9a-11e7-9ece-3b010fca83e0", "created_at": 1513124107999 }] And heres the end of the string! But if we add another json object at the end, it shouldn't capture this middle string. {"funarray": [12, 343, 4], "name": "Greg Johnson", "age": 20, "_id": "da54a650-df9a-11217-9ece-3faebe8320", "created_at": 1513124186254 }.This string here shouldnt be captured either.

See [Safely turning a JSON string into an object](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45015/safely-turning-a-json-string-into-an-object). — Wiktor Stribiżew, Dec 13 '17 at 12:52
@WiktorStribiżew Unfortunately that wouldn't work in my case since these strings that I'll be parsing will be logs — Fabian Buentello, Dec 13 '17 at 12:55

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 13 '17 at 13:00

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I figured it out after realizing my initial question was actually invalid regex for javascript. Here is the answer:

(\[{|\{)(?=.)(?:[^.+]|(R))*(\}]|\})(?=.)

answered Dec 13 '17 at 13:00

Fabian Buentello

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