I am trying to parse JSON data in my Rails 3 application with JSON.parse. I keep getting this error:
737: unexpected token at '{\"0\":{\"class\":\"window\",\"text\":\"Testing\",\"style\":\"position: absolute; top: 8px; left: 8px; width: 560px; height: 290px; z-index: 0; \"}
The actual JSON is a lot longer, but it is basically the same.
Well, we can only answer based on the part of the JSON you showed us, but it has two problems:
") are escaped; they don't need to be unless they are used in a double-qoted string, which it appears they are not.}).Otherwise it passes based on https://jsonlint.com/.
JSON.parse(content.gsub('\"', '"'))
In my case it was a hidden tab character which showed up only when i pasted it into vim.
\r characters in a field value.You can directly use JSON.Parse() in-build method:
content = "[{\"addon_id\":\"1\",\"addon_price\":\"5\"}]"
# OUTPUT at Console => "[{\"addon_id\":\"1\",\"addon_price\":\"5\"}]"
JSON.parse(content.gsub('\"', '"'))
# OUTPUT at Console => [{"addon_id"=>"1", "addon_price"=>"5"}]
