Script Filter - JSON error: JSON text did not start

[JordanX]

Working on Workflow...Script Filter Alfredv3.1.1 (737) Mac O SX 10.12

 

Dropbox Link

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Trying to get the results displayed as choices in Alfred.

 

Error

[ERROR: input.scriptfilter] JSON error: JSON text did not start with array or object and option to allow fragments not set. in JSON

 

With (bash)
base_uri="https://xyz.execute-api.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/prod/listfromalfred?user=${user}&task=${data}"

post_result=$(/usr/local/bin/curl  -X GET ${base_uri})

post_success=`echo ${post_result} | grep items` 

echo ${post_success} | sed 's/\\//g' 

 

This test code works
#test='<items><item uid= "test " arg= "one "><title>em11@mail.com</title><subtitle>em11@mail.com</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon></item></items>'

#echo ${test} 

 

However, when I call the API I get:

'Response code: 200\n'

[2016-10-23 12:19:23][ERROR: input.scriptfilter] JSON error: JSON text did not start with array or object and option to allow fragments not set. in JSON:

"<items><item uid= "test" arg= "one"><title>em11@mail.com</title><subtitle>em11@mail.com</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon></item></items>"

 

Debugging for hours and can't seem to fix the issue. Trying to get the results displayed as choices in Alfred. HELP

Edited October 23, 2016 by JordanX
Added Dropbox Link

[deanishe]

First of all, when you're having a problem, please post the broken workflow somewhere instead of pasting bits of it into the forum. Unless you're doing something very obviously wrong, it's almost impossible to diagnose an issue without being able to run the workflow. And expecting people to rebuild the workflow for themselves to help you debug is unreasonable.

 

That said, the "obvious" error here is that your XML is invalid. There's no closing </items> element in the XML from your API.

 

Presumably, Alfred can't parse the XML because it's invalid, so it's trying to parse it as JSON instead.

[JordanX]

@deanishe

 

Yes, caught that and updated post. Still getting the same error. Happy to post the Workflow, any suggestions on how/where I should post it? 

 

[2016-10-23 12:19:23][ERROR: input.scriptfilter] JSON error: JSON text did not start with array or object and option to allow fragments not set. in JSON:

"<items><item uid= "test" arg= "one"><title>em11@mail.com</title><subtitle>em11@mail.com</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon></item></items>"

 

 

[deanishe]

Dropbox? Google Drive? Some web server?

 

 

[JordanX]

Dropbox link added

[deanishe]

You're not cleaning the server response properly. The server sends back this:

"<items><item uid= \"test\" arg= \"one\"><title>em11@mail.com</title><subtitle>em11@mail.com</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon></item></items>"

But you only remove the backslashes:

"<items><item uid= "test" arg= "one"><title>em11@mail.com</title><subtitle>em11@mail.com</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon></item></items>"

You still need to strip the surrounding double quotes and remove the spaces after uid= and arg=:

<items><item uid="test" arg="one"><title>em11@mail.com</title><subtitle>em11@mail.com</subtitle><icon>icon.png</icon></item></items>

 

[JordanX]

Works! Thanks!

[deanishe]

Out of interest, what shell voodoo did you use to do that? Or did you fix the server response (which seems to be incorrect)?

Edited October 24, 2016 by deanishe

[JordanX]

Hi,

 

I fixed it on the server side by cleaning up the XML (backslashes and d.quotes)