Unable to parse JSON using AS3 and Flash

Question

I am attempting to parse some JSON from a URL via Flash/AS3. Here's my code so far:

import com.adobe.serialization.json.JSON;
import com.adobe.serialization.json.JSONDecoder;

var loader:URLLoader = new URLLoader();
var request:URLRequest = new URLRequest();
request.contentType = "application/json";
request.url="http://shaktiwarriors.guinness.trillitech.com/json/quiz/getNotAnsweredQuestions.php";
//request.url="demo.txt";
loader.load(request);

loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,loadConfirm);
loader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,decodeJSON);

function loadConfirm(e:Event):void {
    trace("Load Successful" + "\n");
}

function decodeJSON(event:Event):void {
    var loader:URLLoader = URLLoader(event.target);
    trace(loader.data.toString() + "\n");
    var ids:Array= JSON.decode(loader.data);
    for (var i:int = 0; i < ids.length; ++i){
        trace(ids[i].id);
        my_txt.text = ids[i].id + "\n"
    }
}

The trace(loader.data.toString() + "\n") outputs a bunch of HTML. I'm sure I'm missing something simple.

Thanks for the help!

@taskinoor - when authenticated the JSON looks like this:[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":6},{"id":7},{"id":8},{"id":9},{"id":10},{"id":11},{"id":12},{"id":13},{"id":14},{"id":15},{"id":16},{"id":17},{"id":18}] — kevinstueber
Also, when I copy the JSON into a txt file and then run the code on that txt file it works fine. — kevinstueber

taskinoor taskinoor · Accepted Answer · 2011-06-01T15:44:08

When I tried the URL in browser it is saying that I need to login which is clearly a HTML, not a JSON. Before trying to parse JSON make sure that you loaded the correct thing. Looks like that you need to authenticate to load the JSON.

Unable to parse JSON using AS3 and Flash

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