SpeedTest Error - API Error: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 1 of the JSON data

[ozdeadmeat]

Description

I am helping a mate try and sort out his Speedtest. We have almost identical setups but for some reason he is getting this bullshit error and I have checked everything I can think of to validate the config and am completely lost at this stage.

homepage version

v1.2.0 (2376184, 29 Apr 2025)

Installation method

Docker

Configuration

---
# For configuration options and examples, please see: 
# https://gethomepage.dev/en/configs/services   

- Infrastructure:
#    - Unifi:
#        icon: /icons/unifi.png
#        href: https://unifi.panthro.net/network/default/dashboard
#        description: Unifi Network Statistics
#        widget:
#          type: unifi
#          url: http://192.168.0.2
#          username: <redacted>
#          password: <redacted>
    - SpeedTest:
        icon: /icons/speedtest-tracker.png
        href: https://speedtest.panthro.net
        description: Internet Speed Test
        widget:
          type: speedtest
          url: http://192.168.0.3:8764
    - Pi.Hole:
        icon: /icons/pihole.png
        href: http://pihole.panthro.net/admin
        description: DNS Network Advert Blocker
        widget:
          type: pihole
          fields: ["queries", "blocked_percent", "gravity"]
          url: http://pihole.panthro.net
          key: <redacted> # optional
    - UpTime:
        icon: /icons/uptime.png
        href: https://uptime.panthro.net/status/infrastructure
        description: Service UpTime Monitoring 
        widget:
          type: uptimekuma
          #url: https://uptime.panthro.net
          url: http://192.168.0.3:3001
          slug: infrastructure
    - NginX:
        icon: /icons/nginx.png
        href: https://nginx.panthro.net
        description: nginX Proxy Manager
        widget:
          type: npm
          url: http://192.168.0.3:81
          username: <redacted>
          password: <redacted>

Container Logs

[2025-06-14T05:36:12.454Z] error: HTTP Error 403 calling https://speedtest.panthro.net/api/speedtest/latest

[2025-06-14T05:36:27.589Z] error: HTTP Error 403 calling https://speedtest.panthro.net/api/speedtest/latest

[2025-06-14T05:36:50.071Z] error: HTTP Error 403 calling https://speedtest.panthro.net/api/speedtest/latest

[2025-06-14T05:37:00.791Z] error: HTTP Error 403 calling https://speedtest.panthro.net/api/speedtest/latest

[2025-06-14T05:58:00.426Z] error: HTTP Error 403 calling https://speedtest.panthro.net/api/speedtest/latest

[2025-06-14T05:58:10.945Z] error: HTTP Error 403 calling https://speedtest.panthro.net/api/speedtest/latest

[2025-06-14T06:13:15.200Z] error: HTTP Error 403 calling https://speedtest.panthro.net/api/speedtest/latest

Browser Logs

No response

Troubleshooting

Tried 100000000 different configs, error is ALWAYS the same. Nothing in troubleshooting docs to tell me where the problem is or what json file is busted. all the files i modify are yaml files.

[ozdeadmeat]

All the other integrations work, just not that one.

[shamoon]

he is getting this bullshit error

Please don’t talk like this here.

As for your question, just like every other time you post here, please start by doing all of the steps from the troubleshooting guide and post the output.

Also make sure you’re using the right version of the widget with a compatible version of speedtest, see the docs