CODEWITHSUNDEEP
jsonnode.js
user773737
user773737

Reputation:

Unexpected token with valid json?

Why can't I print this simple json? jsonlint.com says this is valid

json:

[
   {
      "token_start_offset": "0.00",
      "token_duration": "4.00",
      "token_base_start_offset": "0.00",
      "token_base_duration": "4.00",
      "token_type": "background_noise",
      "token_background_noise_type": "other",
      "session_id": "1459194633575",
      "token_base_form": "…",
      "token_print_form": "…",
      "session_boundary": "begin",
      "nonspeech_boundary": "begin",
      "token_id": "0"
   }
]

app.js:

var testJson = require('./json');

console.log(testJson);

But when I run this, I get the below error:

Error:

module.js:428
    throw err;
    ^

SyntaxError: C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\format test\json.json: Unexpected token  
    at Object.parse (native)
    at Object.Module._extensions..json (module.js:425:27)
    at Module.load (module.js:344:32)
    at Function.Module._load (module.js:301:12)
    at Module.require (module.js:354:17)
    at require (internal/module.js:12:17)
    at Object.<anonymous> (C:\Users\Owner\Desktop\format test\app.js:1:78)
    at Module._compile (module.js:410:26)
    at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:417:10)
    at Module.load (module.js:344:32)

Windows 10 node -v 4.2.6

Upvotes: 5

Views: 3158

Answers (1)

Rob Raisch
Rob Raisch

Reputation: 17377

Because the JSON parser in Node's require() assumes ASCII characters and your example contains a Unicode character: …. If you replace all instances of … with \u2026, your JSON should parse.

Upvotes: 6

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