Invalid JSON response

[cacapis]

Hello!

I'm getting the error "Invalid JSON response" when I try to parse the JSON at the end.
Could it be related to some of the fields having HTML code inside? IE (Parsed with jsonlint.com):
"headword_full": "Einheit <span class=\"flexion\">&lt;-, -en&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"phonetics\">['a?nha?t]<\/span> <span class=\"wordclass\"><acronym title=\"noun\">N<\/acronym><\/span> <span class=\"genus\"><acronym title=\"feminine\">f<\/acronym><\/span>",

Thank you!

[{"lang":"de","hits":[{"type":"entry","opendict":false,"roms":[{"headword":"Einheit","headword_full":"Einheit <span class=\"flexion\">&lt;-, -en&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"phonetics\">['a?nha?t]<\/span> <span class=\"wordclass\"><acronym title=\"noun\">N<\/acronym><\/span> <span class=\"genus\"><acronym title=\"feminine\">f<\/acronym><\/span>","wordclass":"noun","arabs":[{"header":"1. Einheit <span class=\"topic\"><acronym title=\"auch\">a.<\/acronym> <acronym title=\"military\">MIL<\/acronym>, <acronym title=\"politics\">POL<\/acronym>, <acronym title=\"law\">LAW<\/acronym><\/span>:","translations":[{"source":"<strong class=\"headword\">Einheit<\/strong>","target":"unidad <span class=\"genus\"><acronym title=\"feminine\">f<\/acronym><\/span>"},{"source":"<span class=\"idiom_proverb\"><strong class=\"tilde\">Einheit<\/strong> der Rechtsordnung<\/span>","target":"unidad del ordenamiento jurídico"},{"source":"<span class=\"idiom_proverb\">motorische <strong class=\"tilde\">Einheit<\/strong><\/span> <span class=\"topic\"><acronym title=\"medicine\">MED<\/acronym><\/span>","target":"unidad motora"},{"source":"<span class=\"idiom_proverb\">untrennbare rechtliche <strong class=\"tilde\">Einheit<\/strong><\/span>","target":"unidad jurídica indivisible"},{"source":"<span class=\"idiom_proverb\">die deutsche <strong class=\"tilde\">Einheit<\/strong><\/span>","target":"la unidad alemana"}]},{"header":"2. Einheit <span class=\"topic\"><acronym title=\"telecommunications\">TELEC<\/acronym><\/span>:","translations":[{"source":"<strong class=\"headword\">Einheit<\/strong>","target":"paso <span class=\"genus\"><acronym title=\"masculine\">m<\/acronym><\/span> de contador"}]}]}]},{"type":"entry","opendict":false,"roms":[{"headword":"Ausgabe-Einheit","headword_full":"Ausgabe-Einheit <span class=\"flexion\">&lt;-, -en&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"wordclass\"><acronym title=\"noun\">N<\/acronym><\/span> <span class=\"genus\"><acronym title=\"feminine\">f<\/acronym><\/span> <span class=\"topic\"><acronym title=\"computing\">COMPUT<\/acronym><\/span>","wordclass":"noun","arabs":[{"header":"","translations":[{"source":"<strong class=\"headword\">Ausgabe-Einheit<\/strong>","target":"unidad <span class=\"genus\"><acronym title=\"feminine\">f<\/acronym><\/span> de salida"}]}]}]},{"type":"entry","opendict":false,"roms":[{"headword":"Eingabe-Einheit","headword_full":"Eingabe-Einheit <span class=\"flexion\">&lt;-, -en&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"wordclass\"><acronym title=\"noun\">N<\/acronym><\/span> <span class=\"genus\"><acronym title=\"feminine\">f<\/acronym><\/span> <span class=\"topic\"><acronym title=\"computing\">COMPUT<\/acronym><\/span>","wordclass":"noun","arabs":[{"header":"","translations":[{"source":"<strong class=\"headword\">Eingabe-Einheit<\/strong>","target":"unidad <span class=\"genus\"><acronym title=\"feminine\">f<\/acronym><\/span> de entrada"}]}]}]},{"type":"entry","opendict":false,"roms":[{"headword":"Hardware-Einheit","headword_full":"Hardware-Einheit <span class=\"flexion\">&lt;-, -en&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"wordclass\"><acronym title=\"noun\">N<\/acronym><\/span> <span class=\"genus\"><acronym title=\"feminine\">f<\/acronym><\/span> <span class=\"topic\"><acronym title=\"computing\">COMPUT<\/acronym><\/span>","wordclass":"noun","arabs":[{"header":"","translations":[{"source":"<strong class=\"headword\">Hardware-Einheit<\/strong>","target":"unidad <span class=\"genus\"><acronym title=\"feminine\">f<\/acronym><\/span> de hardware"}]}]}]},{"type":"entry","opendict":false,"roms":[{"headword":"SI-Einheit","headword_full":"SI-Einheit <span class=\"flexion\">&lt;-, -en&gt;<\/span> <span class=\"wordclass\"><acronym title=\"noun\">N<\/acronym><\/span> <span class=\"genus\"><acronym title=\"feminine\">f<\/acronym><\/span>","wordclass":"noun","arabs":[{"header":"","translations":[{"source":"<strong class=\"headword\">SI-Einheit<\/strong>","target":"unidad <span class=\"genus\"><acronym title=\"feminine\">f<\/acronym><\/span> SI"}]}]}]}]}]

[omegastripes]

@cacapis please share the code.

[cacapis]

Here is the code, I'm using JSON.bas without modifications.
The debug Debug.Print sJSONString output is the JSON data I included in the first message.
Apparently, the variable sState is equal to "array", so it triggers the line Case sState <> "Object"

Thank you.

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Sub Test()

Dim sJSONString As String
Dim vJSON
Dim sState As String
Dim vFlat

' Retrieve JSON response
With CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
    .Open "GET", "https://api.pons.com/v1/dictionary?l=dees&q=Einheit&in=de", True
    .setRequestHeader "X-Secret", "xxxxxxxx"
    .Send
    Do Until .ReadyState = 4: DoEvents: Loop
    sJSONString = .ResponseText
End With
Debug.Print sJSONString

' Parse JSON response
JSON.Parse sJSONString, vJSON, sState
' Check response validity
Select Case True
    Case sState <> "Object"
        MsgBox "Invalid JSON response"
    Case Not vJSON.Exists("rows")
        MsgBox "JSON contains no rows"
    Case Else
        ' Convert JSON nested rows array to 2D Array and output to worksheet #1
        ThisWorkbook.Sheets(2).Cells.Clear
        Output ThisWorkbook.Sheets(2), vJSON("rows")
        ' Flatten JSON
        JSON.Flatten vJSON, vFlat
        ' Convert to 2D Array and output to worksheet #2
        ThisWorkbook.Sheets(3).Cells.Clear
        Output ThisWorkbook.Sheets(3), vFlat
        MsgBox "Completed"
End Select

End Sub
`

[omegastripes]

Remove all lines after JSON.Parse sJSONString, vJSON, sState (which are intended to render the response from trirand.com and used as the example, thus they won't work for api.pons.com) and write your own code depending on your needs and response structure.
You have to inspect the structure of JSON received from api.pons.com, plan how to retrieve the necessary data, and decide what should be done with JSON entity returned in vJSON variable after parsing.

[cacapis]

Ah perfect, thank you!