> On 11 Dec 2014, at 04:41, David Boeren <boer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > That's the next line of code after what I quoted: > > "Parse the JSON data returned by the api" > data := NeoJSONReader fromString: response. > > But, prior to the JSON parsing I was doing a couple of string replacements to > patch up the data. The system I'm moving the data into doesn't accept > accented characters or bullets, and it wants empty strings instead of nulls.
You can do the replacements after parsing too, just manipulating the generated data structures. I would say that is conceptually more correct. > All the JSON stuff works fine. It's just the string operations with > copyReplaceAll:with: that aren't working as expected for some reason. > > Or are you saying that the data I get from from asUrl retrieveContents is not > a "proper string" and maybe that's why it's not working? > > > On Wed, Dec 10, 2014 at 6:34 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <s...@stfx.eu> wrote: > > > On 10 Dec 2014, at 21:26, dboeren <boer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > "Fetch the raw JSON data from dtdb.co" > > response := 'http://dtdb.co/api/cards/' asUrl retrieveContents > > asString. > > Why no do > > NeoJSONReader fromString: 'http://dtdb.co/api/cards/' asUrl retrieveContents > > ? > > You'll get the data back, nicely parsed and converted to proper Pharo strings. > > Sven >
