>>Here is my sample Json-formated string:
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>>cJsonStr = [{"access_token":"OCu_7Rt","token_type":"bearer","expires_in":1209599,".issued":"Fri, 23 Dec 2016 21:58:29
>> GMT",".expires":"Fri, 06 Jan 2017 21:58:29 GMT"}]
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>I would worry about ".expires" and ".issued" as identifiers. Too lazy to look up if specific rules for JSON "key" naming exists, but starting with a period could create invalid property names if using eval() on JSON as some languages allow. OTOH: If you view the JSON just as a serialization of a hashmap, starting the hashmaps key with a period might not be forbidden, similar to vfp not allowing field names starting with a period, but a search field, which is indexed, can start with it.
I didn't create this JSON string; this string is returned by a 3P Web API. I was mistaken thinking that an object created from the JSON string has to be a collection. Antonio explained correctly that, in this case, it is a empty object with properties. And as long as I know what (the value of property "access_token") I am looking for, I can get it. Other properties of this object are not important to me in this case.
I will be now working on converting another JSON string into a VFP cursor and hopefully it will be more structured.
Thank you.
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