Welcome to a quick tutorial on how to create HTML lists from JSON data in Javascript. Want to dynamically generate a list from JSON data? Show To create an HTML list from JSON data:
That should cover the basics, but read on for more examples! I have included a zip file with all the source code at the start of this tutorial, so you dont have to copy-paste everything Or if you just want to dive straight in. REAL QUICK SLIDESFirstly, here is the download link to the example code as promised. EXAMPLE CODE DOWNLOADClick here to download all the example source code, I have released it under the MIT license, so feel free to build on top of it or use it in your own project. QUICK NOTESIf you spot a bug, please feel free to comment below. I try to answer questions too, but it is one person versus the entire world If you need answers urgently, please check out my list of websites to get help with programming. HTML LIST FROM JSON DATAAll right, let us now get into the examples of how to create an HTML list from JSON data. 1) CREATE ELEMENTThis is the full version of the snippet in the introduction, and it should be pretty self-explanatory:
2) MANUAL HTML STRINGDont like the object-oriented way of using createElement() and appendChild()? This is an alternative, where we create an HTML string instead. 3) NESTED OBJECTS & LISTSLastly, what if we have a nested object? Keep calm and look carefully, we are pretty much doing the same. Parse the JSON data into an object, then loop through the nested object to create a nested list. INFOGRAPHIC CHEAT SHEETHTML List From JSON Data (Click To Enlarge)LINKS & REFERENCESTHE ENDThank you for reading, and we have come to the end. I hope that it has helped you to better understand, and if you want to share anything with this guide, please feel free to comment below. Good luck and happy coding! |