ERROR when Parsing JSON Array as a JSON Object

Question

I'm trying to convert news into json in EJS but I'm getting this error:

JSON.parse: bad control character in string literal at line 1 column 491 of the JSON data

My code in EJS:

var news = JSON.parse('<%- JSON.stringify(news) %>');

My JSON when I just use JSON.stringify(news):

[{"link":"https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AL8lKjMTbG3Cwo5S_mSyJIgnnTSnG5CShXJluGQmCXZQem2HZJYO3Xni6oi7YkO1bf0AiPEzctP9t7p4iXohF_oSmh4lekT6N4_Xi_3FsOwFL7v0aGYESdS7Hwy0ljNy94xgSIa-p44jadT8K72ncdZLathEWT9VLdgFzKPyIbWNdfzXjna8ZZ-l0MnFGvP7ctxpUmlnS0bdioEzr6Vea3RXuJ9ql7G66mK3Mmk8b88uTsEU0DgQibiPnhj57-Xddg","title":"PT anuncia candidatura de Fernando Haddad à Presidência no ...","snippet":"11 set. 2018 ... O prazo dado pelo TSE para o partido apresentar à Justiça Eleitoral o substituto 
de Lula terminava às 19h desta terça. Na chapa original ..."},{"link":"https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AL8lKjOk4AvSk26yeM_CLTwL-pbhemUMarCpKtz2cjmDF5u-c1MKiPSNST_LKzGUhr5gIxpym10fbAyKebM_k5ztcDT4ccJLm7CiDn51AF8esXzqtzkfStIpvDMLDSzBEiJsY_vZ-n16Bq1rVLol6NPlA84ZHjMcdBFsRqyvAn1uWquy2kWhGINO24sm7grPZssXqNuqn3kE2VQWxUZrqU76ZfKon7_2sP_JnVoX616a7NqZ87w","title":"Pesquisa Ibope: Lula, 37%; Bolsonaro, 18%; Marina, 6%; Ciro, 5%","snippet":"20 ago. 2018 ... Em razão desse quadro jurídico, o Ibope pesquisou outro cenário, com o atual 
candidato a vice na chapa de Lula, Fernando Haddad."},{"link":"https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/APDk4sNLn4v5wG7jZc1IMxmNqeoSmmu3CoLrgwpbMBTtGaGIPP6qNZCYoZJE-h7JvLCpES_LHdTgnGxzrSzi7qXlTfpcw_NWkH9lhvjaWJZmZCbHZM5jPivEEvXVa-370EEkKothZUYVdHjcJ_7Gd0FtSViBkVPdM1eplOHC2c-cxE5l-6iUJv-eIvsaBoTNH8m-N7KeL55C2RHIhWox4t_O_J6TePdYShasXr2p9CljniJyBnJg2gJqpDnpEg","title":"PT registra candidatura de Lula a presidente com ato em frente ao ...","snippet":"15 ago. 2018 ... Presidente do PT, Gleisi Hoffmann, entrega registro da candidatura de Lula a 
servidor do TSE — Foto: Nelson Jr./ASCOM/TSE ..."},{"link":"https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AL8lKjPgDq40q5PA8lJ4zEjCmTIcjEId9kKJi_u79_HEROFIYaeDAza3mH3HEG5yW1W_0o0zUQTvFVUd9gRF64I5kZ9WUqwlrXBv3N0-ficFsPjhfdxo4H3CqkPvbjICafkJlZM2LnCTC7sKH_Wu7emMCZEki0XlYNuHyOOp114XJK5GbvR33QyBK3e9sVl9hoOpXsP44bNFtPy2ntiTo5ew58YJgSaB59sg1xrtW7PdaGKbcHDsg6bRyw","title":"Fachin nega pedido da defesa de Lula para suspender inelegibilidade","snippet":"6 set. 2018 ... Fachin nega pedido para suspender condenação de Lula no caso do ... o pedido 
da defesa do ex-presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva para ..."},{"link":"https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/APDk4sNLSBs3Q0r_tjyeUzsiMNvPILeN0DuMwwFLp7LWs11DJltsjOoj6lALGoBQ_HdCP5Pxa8rTJIe6SmXbEyi5iZ6CFNdrHxF0dwF2pf3J2UX0uIREc_MoNTGwEj53rHgTA21KV0gXTwNC4U-SPsRqFhI322S4AjnWeRr1h1ThAl1gJEEDEMSWm5-JEWPkSH4zrzjmbltEp_mKtMqG7PTLQdat0d_wIowh1wGQ3oMDrSM95XpVBOzvm2yg_t4wd5lh","title":"Entenda o que significa a impugnação da candidatura de Lula feita ...","snippet":"16 ago. 2018 ... As ações de impugnação ainda não impedem Lula de concorrer. O ministro Luís 
Roberto Barroso foi sorteado como relator do registro de ..."},{"link":"https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AL8lKjMNo82Rv1wcvOpdbrQX7C7zD2sW7lFk0EBtJZZNs8rx0-tq2bYfyB_BsCGjt9fNa82lkSBH8Y4P_Of_uj9ryfcFxjIt_pbf49sLtNeAR529DWuje9j8Ps8-Z3qH2Wrh6N_Sb8P9eS88o26QKNLi94PDrPvFg7Q5Hv_i02L95dF_ZOV_avLu9sE0zzaX2l6hCQ1t-lXxegaf","title":"Comitê da ONU reafirma direito de Lula ser candidato, diz defesa ...","snippet":"10 set. 2018 ... Zanin afirmou que a defesa de Lula informará ao STF a nova decisão. Uma nova 
decisão do Comitê de Direitos Humanos da ONU reafirmou ..."},{"link":"https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AFOm0uEggpSZolqYBXndC11CTFh4Bx4ojWZe-LQ4LpX3DXG401x0u8rk7AS41mhCRQqX6Ze7qXrfe0blgoqgeKkBvl2Roik39be5d8XX2HlZpL4bYGlC18o9U650kXjAkUn_vWc6YJRH5bUf1Hw15Zz4IlOE5idUbGmd0rnPl43DKMDReRgIHGc72dtcdXrz-ihJualpVoNpmfdaEQ","title":"Datafolha: sem Lula, Bolsonaro lidera e disputa fica acirrada ...","snippet":"31 jan. 2018 ... RIO — Pesquisa Datafolha divulgada nesta quarta-feira mostra que o ex-
presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva , mesmo condenado pelo ..."},{"link":"https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AFIPhzVJ3RSCVztRel4V7tABx7g_RC0G4uE43Wb1CdAxSf810y0LN7XN0iU1Ub5cj7-anDSrgzKJX9k1sx0tGFtzZhnTSyvCbAjhgqEHA-rrGWKMVAaHUXewZYj5IBY","title":"Após tiros e sob tensão, Lula encerra caravana em Curitiba horas ...","snippet":"28 mar. 2018 ... Poucas horas depois de a caravana do ex-presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 
chegar a Curitiba, ainda sob abalo pelo ataque que atingiu ..."},{"link":"https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AJ-PF7wwGAYu07EXXfFG9u-ipk-azIf0t1m96KDvmxh5uuiAjuDg9QFlysO2nHCs9x0IRYCtpd_CphjEsDCZGMtxpcpzgeQdP-rJumaQVCIx6a2YCXteM6qFB6cerc5JSvbVfp5qTEwyDuB_R8gR9ZOK44cZxY2VIjPIAS4qsX-Wb2y0nSVXTtuM4BOZdPthrzxE8fXHoRc_zmYheufyS3FGXg","title":"Presidenciáveis e políticos comentam decisão de desembargador ...","snippet":"8 jul. 2018 ... O STF já havia negado HC para soltar Lula. Ele será solto neste domingo. A 
decisão foi monocrática, de um desembargador que foi filiado ao ..."},{"link":"https://www.google.com/appserve/mkt/p/AIQrb_7rn0-8BzJy4lp5vhkK_EOS2rsg2pNbSKHMcSAv7Zxb_T8GoBAYLmUZidgqaFo8Q0sgjTMTLhJe8ouJ0iutSoUi_6XA04aBJe0-d6df3YTmby4CBj7BfXDOYO4mHhO7iFv9i2pOooL4TWu-A5KQ7KqAk-GQP72jmClTQuBmZ5Frl6rlGiaW1A","title":"STJ nega habeas corpus preventivo por unanimidade e decide que ...","snippet":"6 mar. 2018 ... Na mesma decisão, os cinco ministros da Quinta Turma do STJ negaram um 
pedido extra da defesa para suspender a inelegibilidade de Lula ..."}]

EDIT: I have found out the error is the "snippet" tag, but I need it.

You have line breaks and possibly tabs in your stringified json. Can you try json.replace(/\\n/g, '') on the stringified json? The JSON.stringify() converts new lines and tabs to string and that seem to break the ejs. You can use this website to view line breaks and validate the above json codebeautify.org/jsonviewer — Raf
– Raf, Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 4:37
I tried other Json, and I got "SyntaxError: missing ) after argument list" — Anny Walker
– Anny Walker, Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 4:49
The json you posted in your question has line breaks. The following SO question might be able to resolve your issue stackoverflow.com/questions/17487058/… — Raf
– Raf, Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 5:30
Possible duplicate of How to solve JSON.parse: bad control character in string literal, in this code — Raf
– Raf, Commented Nov 8, 2018 at 5:31

Pete Reitz · Accepted Answer · 2018-11-08 14:12:56Z

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I think that JSON.parse() is going to have a tough time with what you are feeding it as it just sees a simple string, not evaluated EJS or even valid JSON.

Perhaps something more along the lines of:

var json = <your-JSON-here>;
var news = ejs.render('<%- JSON.stringify(news) %>', {news: json});

Then if you want, you can always pull it back in as an object with JSON.parse():

news = JSON.parse(news);

answered Nov 8, 2018 at 14:12

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