JavaScript SyntaxError - JSON.parse: bad parsing Last Updated : 31 Jul, 2020 Comments Improve Suggest changes Like Article Like Report This JavaScript exception thrown by JSON.parse() occurs if string passed as a parameter to the method is invalid. Message: SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unterminated string literal SyntaxError: JSON.parse: bad control character in string literal SyntaxError: JSON.parse: bad character in string literal SyntaxError: JSON.parse: bad Unicode escape SyntaxError: JSON.parse: bad escape character SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unterminated string SyntaxError: JSON.parse: no number after minus sign SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected non-digit SyntaxError: JSON.parse: missing digits after decimal point SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unterminated fractional number SyntaxError: JSON.parse: missing digits after exponent indicator SyntaxError: JSON.parse: missing digits after exponent sign SyntaxError: JSON.parse: exponent part is missing a number SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected end of data SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected keyword SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character SyntaxError: JSON.parse: end of data while reading object contents SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected property name or '}' SyntaxError: JSON.parse: end of data when ',' or ']' was expected SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected ',' or ']' after array element SyntaxError: JSON.parse: end of data when property name was expected SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected double-quoted property name SyntaxError: JSON.parse: end of data after property name when ':' was expected SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected ':' after property name in object SyntaxError: JSON.parse: end of data after property value in object SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected ',' or '}' after property value in object SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected ',' or '}' after property-value pair in object literal SyntaxError: JSON.parse: property names must be double-quoted strings SyntaxError: JSON.parse: expected property name or '}' SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected non-whitespace character after JSON data SyntaxError: JSON.parse Error: Invalid character at position {0} (Edge) Error Type: SyntaxError Cause of Error: This string passed to JSON.parse() method is invalid and will throw this error. Example 1: HTML <script> var str = '{"Prop_1" : "Val_1"}'; JSON.parse(str); document.write(str); </script> Output: {"Prop_1" : "Val_1"} Example 2: HTML <script> var str = '{"Prop_1" : "Val_1"}}'; JSON.parse(str); document.write(str); </script> Output(in console): Unexpected token } in JSON at position 2 Comment P PranchalKatiyar Follow 0 Improve P PranchalKatiyar Follow 0 Improve Article Tags : JavaScript Web Technologies javascript-basics Explore JavaScript BasicsIntroduction to JavaScript4 min readVariables and Datatypes in JavaScript6 min readJavaScript Operators5 min readControl Statements in JavaScript4 min readArray & StringJavaScript Arrays7 min readJavaScript Array Methods7 min readJavaScript Strings5 min readJavaScript String Methods9 min readFunction & ObjectFunctions in JavaScript5 min readJavaScript Function Expression3 min readFunction Overloading in JavaScript4 min readObjects in JavaScript4 min readJavaScript Object Constructors4 min readOOPObject Oriented Programming in JavaScript3 min readClasses and Objects in JavaScript4 min readWhat Are Access Modifiers In JavaScript ?5 min readJavaScript Constructor Method7 min readAsynchronous JavaScriptAsynchronous JavaScript2 min readJavaScript Callbacks4 min readJavaScript Promise4 min readEvent Loop in JavaScript4 min readAsync and Await in JavaScript2 min readException HandlingJavascript Error and Exceptional Handling6 min readJavaScript Errors Throw and Try to Catch2 min readHow to create custom errors in JavaScript ?2 min readJavaScript TypeError - Invalid Array.prototype.sort argument1 min readDOMHTML DOM (Document Object Model)8 min readHow to select DOM Elements in JavaScript ?3 min readJavaScript Custom Events4 min readJavaScript addEventListener() with Examples9 min readAdvanced TopicsClosure in JavaScript4 min readJavaScript Hoisting6 min readScope of Variables in JavaScript3 min readJavaScript Higher Order Functions7 min readDebugging in JavaScript4 min read Like