cannot access json object property returns undefined

Question

I am accessing a key from json object but it returns undefined

{"body":"Hi","date":"2016-07-29 07:43:00"}

var a = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(r.txt));
console.log(a.body)

//undefined

value of r is

{
  username: '1',
  txt: '{"body":"Hi","date":"2016-07-29 07:43:00"}',
 }

I have tried using stringify and then parse to json but still return undefined.

Answer 1

You've to parse your json like this. Ensure that your whatever input you're giving to JSON.parse, it should be a string.

You can run the below snippet to ensure that it's working and giving output Hi.

var json = '{"body":"Hi","date":"2016-07-29 07:43:00"}';

var a = JSON.parse(json);
document.write(a.body);