JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0), its throwing error

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Below Python code I am using that throws error, i tried readlines, json.loads as well but that doesnt seem to woork as well

with open('/Users/akshayarora/PythonCodes/Capstone1/Delhi.json') as data_file: 
    provinces_json = json.load(data_file)

var dataset = {
  "type": "FeatureCollection",
  "features": [
    {
      "type": "Feature",
      "properties": {
        "City": "Delhi",
        "State": "Delhi"
      },
      "geometry": {
        "type": "Point",
        "coordinates": [
          77.266052,
          28.68161
        ]
      }
           ]
    }
           }

--> 355 raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None 356 return obj, end JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) I tries json.loads as well as but its also throwing error. — Akshay, Feb 27 '20 at 19:02
Please provide a sample of what the JSON looks like. It's most likely invalid. — Wondercricket, Feb 27 '20 at 19:02
It looks like: var dataset = { "type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [ { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "City": "Delhi", "State": "Delhi" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 77.266052, 28.68161 ] } }, { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "City": "Delhi", "State": "Delhi" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 77.266052, 28.68161 ] } } — Akshay, Feb 27 '20 at 19:04
Please edit your question to include the JSON. Format the JSON as code, so that it's easier to read. Also, look for non-printing characters at the start of the file. — Jim DeLaHunt, Feb 27 '20 at 19:07
Please share the entire error message as well as a [mcve], in your post itself. — AMC, Feb 27 '20 at 19:16
Does this answer your question? [JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16573332/jsondecodeerror-expecting-value-line-1-column-1-char-0) — AMC, Feb 27 '20 at 19:16
@AMC - i tries all those mentioned in the link above but same error is coming — Akshay, Feb 27 '20 at 19:22
@Akshay We still don't have the necessary information to reproduce this, so I'm not sure what you expect us to be able to do. — AMC, Feb 27 '20 at 19:25
var dataset = { "type": "FeatureCollection", "features": [ { "type": "Feature", "properties": { "City": "Delhi", "State": "Delhi" }, "geometry": { "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 77.266052, 28.68161 ] } ] } } — Akshay, Feb 27 '20 at 19:30
Add that to your post, not as a comment, as others have already mentioned. Also, that looks like JavaScript. — AMC, Feb 27 '20 at 19:32
That still isn't an [mcve]. **The code is incomplete, the data is both invalid JSON and invalid Python.** (it looks like JS) — AMC, Feb 27 '20 at 20:23

Object object · Answer 1 · 2020-02-27T19:43:17.000

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Thats not JSON... JSON is not javascript, it is a way of serializing javascript (or thats what it was designed for). Your var dataset = { is wrong, JSON is not a programming language its a way of storing data structures

Also your JSON is malformed. Your close bracket is in the wrong place

 {"features": [ ... /* HERE */ } /* NOT HERE (where you currently have it) }

(Note comments are not supported in the JSON standard, this is just for show)

edited Feb 27 '20 at 19:43

answered Feb 27 '20 at 19:09

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I have provided the sample only, so its missing here. in actual file its present – Akshay Feb 27 '20 at 19:13
Are you sure? Your saying when you copied it you missed a bracket within it another bracket?? Have you tried this to see if it works? – Object object Feb 27 '20 at 19:15
@Akshay _I have provided the sample only, so its missing here. in actual file its present_ Then it's not a [mcve], right? – AMC Feb 27 '20 at 19:16
*reproducable* if your code does not actually show the issue then its pointless. This answer is correct for the code you provided, please try it and/or fix your question – Object object Feb 27 '20 at 19:19
@AMC -I have provided sample json through this i am able to reproduce it – Akshay Feb 27 '20 at 19:39
@Akshay As I already wrote in another comment, that isn't valid JSON, nor is it even valid Python. We're still missing the entire error message, and the code looks incomplete. – AMC Feb 27 '20 at 19:41
@Akshay What changed? I can't see any difference. – AMC Feb 27 '20 at 20:02

JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0), its throwing error

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