Don't understand how to parse json

Question

data = {
  "CEO": "William Hummel",
  "CFO": "Carla Work"
  }

I'm trying to parse the json data above with JSON.parse(data) in IRC, but it won't work.

I'm getting the following error: "SyntaxError: (irb):44: syntax error, unexpected ':', expecting tASSOC"

Answer 1

JSON.parse takes a string argument. You are trying to construct a Hash using JSON syntax. Use a string instead:

data = '{"CEO": "William Hummel", "CFO": "Carla Work"}'
JSON.parse(data)