Convert object as string to json

Question

I have an object which is converted to string in a text field. How can I convert this to a JSON string.

String of object:

Profile:[UID=, crmId=0000o00002XXXXxXXX, email=top@top.com, firstname=null, lastname=test]

I tried JSON.serialize(textfield); but this only sets "" arount the text

I want to convert this to the following:

{ "email" : "top@top.com",
"crmId" : "0000o00002XXXXxXXX",
"firstname" : "null",
"lastname" : "test",
"UID" : ""
}

Answer 1

You can easily parse your String into Map and then serialize Map itself.

Here is an example how to do it:

String toMap = 'Profile:[UID=, crmId=0000o00002XXXXxXXX, email=top@top.com, firstname=null, lastname=test]';

Map<String, String> ans = new Map<String, String>();
String actualValues = toMap.substringAfter(':');
actualValues = actualValues.substring(1, actualValues.length()-1);


for (String val : actualValues.split(', ')) {
    ans.put(val.substringBefore('='), val.substringAfter('='));
}

String jsonString = JSON.serialize(ans);
system.debug(jsonString);