The JavaScript exceptions thrown by JSON.parse()
occur when string failed to be parsed as JSON.
SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unterminated string literal SyntaxError: JSON.parse: bad control character in string literal SyntaxError: JSON.parse: bad character in string literal SyntaxError: JSON.parse: bad Unicode escape SyntaxError: JSON.parse: bad escape character SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unterminated string SyntaxError: JSON.parse: no number after minus sign SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected non-digit SyntaxError: JSON.parse: missing digits after decimal point SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unterminated fractional number SyntaxError: JSON.parse: missing digits after exponent indicator SyntaxError: JSON.parse: missing digits after exponent sign SyntaxError: JSON.parse: exponent part is missing a number SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected end of data SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected keyword SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character SyntaxError: JSON.parse: end of data while reading object contents SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected property name or '}' SyntaxError: JSON.parse: end of data when ',' or ']' was expected SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected ',' or ']' after array element SyntaxError: JSON.parse: end of data when property name was expected SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected double-quoted property name SyntaxError: JSON.parse: end of data after property name when ':' was expected SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected ':' after property name in object SyntaxError: JSON.parse: end of data after property value in object SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected ',' or '}' after property value in object SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected ',' or '}' after property-value pair in object literal SyntaxError: JSON.parse: property names must be double-quoted strings SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected property name or '}' SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected non-whitespace character after JSON dataError type What went wrong?
JSON.parse()
parses a string as JSON. This string has to be valid JSON and will throw this error if incorrect syntax was encountered.
Both lines will throw a SyntaxError:
JSON.parse("[1, 2, 3, 4,]");
JSON.parse('{"foo": 1,}');
// SyntaxError JSON.parse: unexpected character
// at line 1 column 14 of the JSON data
Omit the trailing commas to parse the JSON correctly:
JSON.parse("[1, 2, 3, 4]");
JSON.parse('{"foo": 1}');
Property names must be double-quoted strings
You cannot use single-quotes around properties, like 'foo'.
JSON.parse("{'foo': 1}");
// SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected property name or '}'
// at line 1 column 2 of the JSON data
Instead write "foo":
JSON.parse('{"foo": 1}');
Leading zeros and decimal points
You cannot use leading zeros, like 01, and decimal points must be followed by at least one digit.
JSON.parse('{"foo": 01}');
// SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected ',' or '}' after property value
// in object at line 1 column 2 of the JSON data
JSON.parse('{"foo": 1.}');
// SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unterminated fractional number
// at line 1 column 2 of the JSON data
Instead write just 1 without a zero and use at least one digit after a decimal point:
JSON.parse('{"foo": 1}');
JSON.parse('{"foo": 1.0}');
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