<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Convert JSON Data to HTML Table</title>
<style>
th, td, p, input {
font:14px Verdana;
}
table, th, td
{
border: solid 1px #DDD;
border-collapse: collapse;
padding: 2px 3px;
text-align: center;
}
th {
font-weight:bold;
}
</style>
</head>
<body onload="CreateTableFromJSON();">
<p id="showData"></p>
</body>
<script>
function CreateTableFromJSON() {
var myBooks = [
{
"Book ID": "1",
"Book Name": "Computer Architecture",
"Category": "Computers",
"Price": "125.60"
},
{
"Book ID": "2",
"Book Name": "Asp.Net 4 Blue Book",
"Category": "Programming",
"Price": "56.00"
},
{
"Book ID": "3",
"Book Name": "Popular Science",
"Category": "Science",
"Price": "210.40"
}
]
// EXTRACT VALUE FOR HTML HEADER.
// ('Book ID', 'Book Name', 'Category' and 'Price')
var col = [];
for (var i = 0; i < myBooks.length; i++) {
for (var key in myBooks[i]) {
if (col.indexOf(key) === -1) {
col.push(key);
}
}
}
// CREATE DYNAMIC TABLE.
var table = document.createElement("table");
// CREATE HTML TABLE HEADER ROW USING THE EXTRACTED HEADERS ABOVE.
var tr = table.insertRow(-1); // TABLE ROW.
for (var i = 0; i < col.length; i++) {
var th = document.createElement("th"); // TABLE HEADER.
th.innerHTML = col[i];
tr.appendChild(th);
}
// ADD JSON DATA TO THE TABLE AS ROWS.
for (var i = 0; i < myBooks.length; i++) {
tr = table.insertRow(-1);
for (var j = 0; j < col.length; j++) {
var tabCell = tr.insertCell(-1);
tabCell.innerHTML = myBooks[i][col[j]];
}
}
// FINALLY ADD THE NEWLY CREATED TABLE WITH JSON DATA TO A CONTAINER.
var divContainer = document.getElementById("showData");
divContainer.innerHTML = "";
divContainer.appendChild(table);
}
</script>
</html>