jQuery.parseJSON Unexpected token /

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Why parseJSON fails when I pass a file? My file is in the variable a and after it I just parse using parseJSON

var a = "/android/contents/img/uploads/img_2A0.png";

var result = jQuery.parseJSON(a);

The error which is giving Chrome is: message: "Unexpected token /"

This case raise using droparea.js.

Well, the value of a is not valid JSON. jQuery.parseJSON doesn't load data from a URL, it expects the string passed to it to be JSON. I guess you are looking for getJSON: api.jquery.com/jquery.getjson. — Felix Kling
– Felix Kling, Commented May 7, 2014 at 23:49
And for that matter. even if it did load data from a URL, why would you think that you could parse a PNG file as JSON? — p.s.w.g
– p.s.w.g, Commented May 7, 2014 at 23:52
See json.org - please familiarize with the definition/syntax of JSON — user2864740
– user2864740, Commented May 8, 2014 at 0:14

Felix Kling · Accepted Answer · 2014-05-08 00:00:32Z

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From docs about parseJSON:

Takes a well-formed JSON string and returns the resulting JavaScript object.

To achieve what you want (getting json from the url) you need to use getJSON. From docs about getJSON:

Load JSON-encoded data from the server using a GET HTTP request.

edited May 8, 2014 at 0:00

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answered May 7, 2014 at 23:53

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Dave Over a year ago

Anyway I manually parsed a like '"' + a + '"'. It is working now. I dont know why droparea needs parse JSON but your solution was tested and working too

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