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Fzn
Fzn

Reputation: 43

JSON.parse error 785 unexpected token error

I am trying to parse JSON data in my Rails 5 application with JSON.parse. I keep getting this error:

"#<JSON::ParserError: 785: unexpected token at ': Hours,\n  \"config\": {\n    \"blocks\": <\n      {\n        \"type\": table,\n        \"name\": Hours from Users,\n        \"fields\": [\n          \"customer\",\n          \"project\",\n          \"user\",\n          \"task\",\n          \"hour_type\",\n          \"amount\"\n        ]\n      }\n    >\n  }>"

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6298

Answers (2)

user7002076
user7002076

Reputation: 11

Change from :json to :hybrid like:

Rails.application.config.action_dispatch.cookies_serializer = :hybrid

as explained in this Rails issue:

Upvotes: 1

localhostdotdev
localhostdotdev

Reputation: 1895

here is what it looks like if you print the message:

#<JSON::ParserError: 785: unexpected token at ': Hours,
  "config": {
    "blocks": <
      {
        "type": table,
        "name": Hours from Users,
        "fields": [
          "customer",
          "project",
          "user",
          "task",
          "hour_type",
          "amount"
        ]
      }
    >
  }>

you forgot to quote certain values like table and Hours from Users, they need double-quotes " to be valid json.

(also not sure about the extra < and >, might be coming from the parser error)

Upvotes: 2

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