Parse JSON Data into HTML

Question

I'm using the Google Feeds API to display the latest posts from my Facebook.

The statues are coming from an XML file from fbrss.com and this code I have below successfully works:

    <script type="text/javascript">
    google.load("feeds", "1")

    $.ajax({
        url      : document.location.protocol + '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/feed/load?v=1.0&num=3&callback=?&q=' + encodeURIComponent('feedhere.xml'),
        dataType : 'json',
        success  : function (data) {
            if (data.responseData.feed && data.responseData.feed.entries) {
                $.each(data.responseData.feed.entries, function (i, e) {
                    console.log("------------------------");
                    console.log("postContent     : " + e.title);
                    console.log("link    : " + e.link);
                    console.log("date:      " + e.publishedDate);

                });
                ;
            }
        }
    });
</script>

The response I get from console, as expected

    postContent     : Example post, just testing our facebook news right now!
link    : https://www.facebook.com/LINKTOPOST
date:      Fri, 04 Apr 2014 23:54:02
------------------------
postContent     : We're getting ready to launch our new website! Stay tuned for more updates and more info. We're very excited.
link    : https://www.facebook.com/LINKTOPOST
date:      Fri, 04 Apr 2014 23:06:59 -0700

Now I've tried appending the jsonData to a div like so, but I don't think I was doing it correctly.

 if (data.responseData.feed && data.responseData.feed.entries) {
                $.each(data.responseData.feed.entries, function (i, e) {
                    window.NewsPost = e.title;
                    console.log("------------------------");
                    console.log("postContent     : " + e.title);
                    console.log("link    : " + e.link);
                    console.log("date:      " + e.publishedDate);

                });
                                }

            $("#facebookrss").append("<div>Test" + NewsPost +"</div>");

        }
    });

I assigned a global variable so I could use it outside of that. But I'm not getting anything inside my #facebookrss div.

I'm trying to have the date and postcontent into seperate divs, with the postcontent being wrapped in the link so they can visit the facebook page.

I also am trying to parse the date as "MM - DD". The Google Feeds API doesn't seem very well fleshed out, but I'm also very new to javascript.

Thanks so much to anyone who can help whatsoever.

EDIT: HAVE SUCCESSFULLY SOLVED IT, THANK YOU CACKHAROT. BELOW IS MY FINAL CODE FITTING INTO FORMATTING AND INCLUDES BETTER FORMATTED DATE.

$.ajax({
        url      : document.location.protocol + '//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/services/feed/load?v=1.0&num=3&callback=?&q=' + encodeURIComponent('feedhere.xml'),
        dataType : 'json',
        success  : function (data) {
            if (data.responseData.feed && data.responseData.feed.entries) {
                $.each(data.responseData.feed.entries, function (i, e) {
                    window.NewsPost = e.title;
                    console.log("------------------------");
                    console.log("postContent     : " + e.title);
                    console.log("link    : " + e.link);
                    console.log("date:      " + e.publishedDate);
                    // construct div tag to have the new post details

                    var date = new Date(e.publishedDate);
                    monthNames =
                        [ 'Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
                            'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec' ];
                    datemonth = monthNames[ date.getMonth() ];
                    dateday = date.getDay();

                    var construct_news = '<div class="facebook-feed">';
                    construct_news += '<div class="left">';
                    construct_news += '<div class="footer-circle-large">';
                    construct_news +='<div class="month">' + datemonth + '</div>';
                    construct_news += '<div class="day">' + dateday + '</div>';
                    construct_news += '</div>';
                    construct_news += '</div>';
                    construct_news += '<div class="right">';

                    construct_news += '<div>';
                    construct_news += '<span class="facebook-update"><a target="_blank" href="'+ e.link+'">' + e.title + '</a></span>';

                    construct_news += '</div>';
                    construct_news += '</div>';
                    construct_news += '</div>';

                    $("#facebookrss").append(construct_news); // append it to rss div

                });
            }
        }
    });

Answer 1

Try this

if (data.responseData.feed && data.responseData.feed.entries) {
    $.each(data.responseData.feed.entries, function (i, e) {
        window.NewsPost = e.title;
        console.log("------------------------");
        console.log("postContent     : " + e.title);
        console.log("link    : " + e.link);
        console.log("date:      " + e.publishedDate);
        // construct div tag to have the new post details

        var new_post_tag = '<div>';
        new_post_tag += '<h4>' + e.title + '</h4>';
        new_post_tag += '<p>' + e.link + '</p>';
        new_post_tag += '<p>' + e.publishedDate + '</p>';
        new_post_tag += '</div>';

        $("#facebookrss").append(new_post_tag); // append it to rss div
    });
}