Valid json returning error

Question

I am getting this error:

Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token :

When making this call:

function TopDonorCheck() {
$.ajax({
    url: "http://coebot.tv/api/v1/vars/get/top-donor/supermcgamer",
    type: 'GET',
    contentType: 'application/json',
    dataType: 'jsonp',
    success: function (TopDonorData) {
        console.log(JSON.parse(TopDonorData));
        console.log(TopDonorData);
    }
});
}

The response is:

{"value":"TheRealLemon","description":"","lastModified":1431276238,"status":"ok"}

I can't figure out what is wrong. Can someone help me with this?

Is the error only being thrown when you make the call or even without making the call, like on page load? — tabz100, Jul 16 '15 at 15:55
It helps when your code formatting is standard and easy to read; You might want to just run your code through http://jsbeautifier.org/ — John Wiseman, Jul 16 '15 at 16:08

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 16 '15 at 16:05

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You have dataType: 'jsonp' but your data isn't JSONP, it's plain JSON. Change your ajax call to dataType: 'json'. See the documentation of dataType at http://api.jquery.com/jquery.ajax/

answered Jul 16 '15 at 16:05

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