Access to JSON values with a ':' in the key value

Question

I'm developing in javascript and I need to access to a value in a JSON like this :

{
  "soap:Envelope": {
      "$": {
          "xmlns:soap": "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/",
          "xmlns:xsi": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance",
          "xmlns:xsd": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema",
          "xmlns:wsa": "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing",
          "xmlns:wsse": "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd",
          "xmlns:wsu": "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"
      },
      "soap:Header": [{
          "wsa:Action": ["RetrieveResponse"],
          "wsa:MessageID": ["urn:uuid:1a13717a-dc14-4379-b0d0-51065965d49a"],
          "wsa:RelatesTo": ["urn:uuid:242f637e-9ce4-485e-ba8c-e2149494bb57"],
          "wsa:To": ["http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing/role/anonymous"],
          "wsse:Security": [{
              "wsu:Timestamp": [{
                  "$": {
                      "wsu:Id": "Timestamp-6ca32f3e-f16e-4ce1-af48-ba04df471780"
                  },
                  "wsu:Created": ["2018-07-10T13:59:07Z"],
                  "wsu:Expires": ["2018-07-10T14:04:07Z"]
              }]
          }]
      }],
      "soap:Body": [{
          "RetrieveResponseMsg": [{
              "$": {
                  "xmlns": "http://exacttarget.com/wsdl/partnerAPI"
              },
              "OverallStatus": ["OK"],
              "RequestID": ["33593cff-ff63-4c39-8d80-43312f6c4715"],
              "Results": [{
                  "$": {
                      "xsi:type": "QueryDefinition"
                  },
                  "PartnerKey": [{
                      "$": {
                          "xsi:nil": "true"
                      }
                  }],
                  "ObjectID": ["37e75ee6-9a5b-4a35-b3f8-be036a5889c1"],
                  "Name": ["Scoring-Query"]
              }]
          }]
      }]
  }
}

I need to access to the "ObjectID": ["37e75ee6-9a5b-4a35-b3f8-be036a5889c1"], like result.soap:Envelope.soap:Body. but I don't manage to get it because of the character ':'. I tried to escape it but it didn't work. Thanks for your help!

`result["soap:Envelope"]["soap:Body"]` – ASDFGerte Jul 10 '18 at 14:21 — ASDFGerte, Jul 10 '18 at 14:21

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 10 '18 at 14:21

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You can access Object properties with an array notation, like:

result['soap:Envelope']['soap:Body']

answered Jul 10 '18 at 14:21

Maciej Kwas

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 10 '18 at 14:22

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enclose it in array and quotes ['example:example']

answered Jul 10 '18 at 14:22

Moshe

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score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 10 '18 at 14:27

You need to use ['key'] if you have special charactor or space in between keys

var result = {
  "soap:Envelope": {
      "$": {
          "xmlns:soap": "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/",
          "xmlns:xsi": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance",
          "xmlns:xsd": "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema",
          "xmlns:wsa": "http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing",
          "xmlns:wsse": "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-secext-1.0.xsd",
          "xmlns:wsu": "http://docs.oasis-open.org/wss/2004/01/oasis-200401-wss-wssecurity-utility-1.0.xsd"
      },
      "soap:Header": [{
          "wsa:Action": ["RetrieveResponse"],
          "wsa:MessageID": ["urn:uuid:1a13717a-dc14-4379-b0d0-51065965d49a"],
          "wsa:RelatesTo": ["urn:uuid:242f637e-9ce4-485e-ba8c-e2149494bb57"],
          "wsa:To": ["http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2004/08/addressing/role/anonymous"],
          "wsse:Security": [{
              "wsu:Timestamp": [{
                  "$": {
                      "wsu:Id": "Timestamp-6ca32f3e-f16e-4ce1-af48-ba04df471780"
                  },
                  "wsu:Created": ["2018-07-10T13:59:07Z"],
                  "wsu:Expires": ["2018-07-10T14:04:07Z"]
              }]
          }]
      }],
      "soap:Body": [{
          "RetrieveResponseMsg": [{
              "$": {
                  "xmlns": "http://exacttarget.com/wsdl/partnerAPI"
              },
              "OverallStatus": ["OK"],
              "RequestID": ["33593cff-ff63-4c39-8d80-43312f6c4715"],
              "Results": [{
                  "$": {
                      "xsi:type": "QueryDefinition"
                  },
                  "PartnerKey": [{
                      "$": {
                          "xsi:nil": "true"
                      }
                  }],
                  "ObjectID": ["37e75ee6-9a5b-4a35-b3f8-be036a5889c1"],
                  "Name": ["Scoring-Query"]
              }]
          }]
      }]
  }
};

console.log(result['soap:Envelope']['soap:Body'][0].RetrieveResponseMsg[0].Results[0].ObjectID[0])

Access to JSON values with a ':' in the key value

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