My "JSON" isn't working

Question

I'm loading a large number of items on a page through JSON, but it isn't working. This is my first time using JSON and I figured JSON was just a big object so I copied my object that I had before in a variable into a file and names it fun.js.

You can check out the JSON here:

http://justpaste.it/15zc

I'm using jQuery to get the JSON:

$.getJSON('fun.js', function(data){
alert(data)
});

Nothing is being alert, in the matter of fact...the alert isn't happening at all. Anyone know why?

No. And I checked the network and I get an OK. And I even check for errors in the JSON, and I fixed all. — Shawn31313, Jul 24 '12 at 22:21
Are you familiar with FireBug? If you use `console.log(data)` in place of `alert()` does any data show up in the Console Log? — Patrick Moore, Jul 24 '12 at 22:22
What if you try with smaller json like `{ foo: 'bar' }` at first? — zerkms, Jul 24 '12 at 22:22
This does not appear to be valid json. Try using the [json validator](http://jsonlint.com). — Francis Avila, Jul 24 '12 at 22:24
Start with a smaller JSON object. Something like `'{"foo":"bar"}'`. This will make it easier to tell if it's a JSON problem, or a fetching problem. — Jonathan Hall, Jul 24 '12 at 22:25
http://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/ might shed some light — Nick Maroulis, Jul 24 '12 at 22:25
You shouldn't write your own JSON to begin with. You should use a serialization utility on the server side. — Dennis, Jul 24 '12 at 22:30

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 24 '12 at 22:22

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For starters, your JSON doesnt validate. Go paste it here and fix your errors: http://jsonformatter.curiousconcept.com/

Secondly, user jQuery.Ajax to which you can pass onError parameter so you'll get a warning that JSON didn't go through.

answered Jul 24 '12 at 22:22

Jure C.

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We can also just watch the network requests with something like Chrome's developer tools rather than hack in our own on-error callback exclusively for debugging. – Matchu Jul 24 '12 at 22:25
Oh, i didn't know you need to use double quotes on everything. – Shawn31313 Jul 24 '12 at 22:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:09

Have you validated that the JSON is the issue? Open up Firebug or Chrome Dev Tools and refresh the page. You may see a message that the file wasn't found or there was a parsing exception or a security error.

If the file isn't found, you can fix that in the code.
If there is a parsing error, use a JSON validator.
If there is a security issue, see my answer to Get a JSON file from URL and display. You need to update your server policy or configure your browser to allow access to file URL's in your tests through.

My "JSON" isn't working

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