module ActiveSupport::JSON

def decode(json)

=> {"team" => "rails", "players" => "36"}
ActiveSupport::JSON.decode("{\"team\":\"rails\",\"players\":\"36\"}")

See http://www.json.org for more info.
Parses a JSON string (JavaScript Object Notation) into a hash. 
def decode(json)
  data = ::JSON.parse(json, quirks_mode: true)
  if ActiveSupport.parse_json_times
    convert_dates_from(data)
  else
    data
  end
end