Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0

[HumboldtJoker]

After saving and then attempting to load a character, I've run into problems. Most info screens now indicate parsrerror syntaxerror "Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0". The half made character is now stuck in the settings and cannot be changed or reset. Meanwhile, the unending load bar mocks me.

Thanks in advance for the help.

[EmperorArthur]

Hi, could you please post the json file causing the problems.

I've spent most my time re-writing the pdf-exporter, but I can at least see if there's anything wrong with the file itself.

[HumboldtJoker]

Thanks for the quick response! Some friends and I intend to start an
Eclipse Phase Actual Play. Part of that is going to be encouraging
subscribers to put together NPC for our game, and so far this is looks like
the best tool I've seen for that. Thanks for the hard work.

The unnumbered file was an attempt to save after the error occurred. I
haven't been able to test whether it's functional, as even after clearing
my cache and reopening the error remains when the page loads.

On Tue, Jun 7, 2016 at 6:45 PM, Arthur Moore [email protected]
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Hi, could you please post the json file causing the problems.

I've spent most my time re-writing the pdf-exporter, but I can at least
see if there's anything wrong with the file itself.

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[mace666]

Hello EA the described issue looks like the one I encountered some time ago.See issue #71 .
I had similar effects when saving and loading a JASON file too often.

[HumboldtJoker]

So, I honestly don't have the expertise to know how to apply the listed fix.
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Hello EA the described issue looks like the one I encountered some time
ago.See issue #71
#71 .
I had similar effects when saving and loading a JASON file too often.

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[EmperorArthur]

If you'll attach the affected file we can take a look at it.

[mace666]

Sorry HumboldJoker my post was addressed at EmperorArthur to give him one possible hint whre to look for the problem.

[matthiasschoger]

Hi,

I have a similar issue, maybe my JSON save can help.

Tested with Firefox 47.
After loading the file, click on a tab, i.e. "Background". A panel appears which says
"There was an error.
parsererror
SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected non-whitespace character after JSON data at line 1 column 64 of the JSON data"

Abel3.4.2.5alpha2-20160304-211728.json.zip

[rbewley4]

I tested @matthiasschoger's Abel3.4.2.5alpha2-20160304-211728.json, and discovered that that his error was caused by PHP running out of memory.

GET http://eclipsephase.next-loop.com/Creator/version4/secondary-choice/backgrounds.php

Returns

[...]
Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 10939561 bytes) in Unknown on line 0

[EmperorArthur]

Sorry busy weekend. I'll try to see what's wrong with the file soon.
Using this python script I was able to successfully decode the json file without errors, so it might be something in the data, not the encoding.

import json
import pprint

in_file = open('Abel3.4.2.5alpha2-20160304-211728.json','r')
out_file = open('Decoded_Output.txt','w')

decoded = json.loads(in_file.read())

pprint.pprint(decoded,out_file)

in_file.close()
out_file.close()

Here's the Abel file decoded from json to a readable form.
Decoded_Output.txt

[mace666]

As you can see the groupsArray contents in skillsSavePacks ist duplicated rather often this happens every time the JSON file is loaded. This leads to an increase in filesize with every save (even if nothing is changed). After a couple of saves the PHP JSON parser runs out of memory while loading the file. In my post #71 I posted a code snipped which prevents the duplication of the groupsArray content during loading. This works for me, but I am not totally sure if it is a "clean" fix for the problem.

[grebenyukaa]

Hi. Can confirm this issue with the attahed json.
StevenRennalt-20161124-170619.zip