JSON Formatting, valid JSON displays syntax error

Question

So, I am trying to deploy my simple stamplay web app but I'm getting an error:

Syntax error in stamplay.json : Unexpected token {

I tried troubleshooting by experimenting with the formatting several ways unsuccessfully. I made sure there was no extra metadata or special characters too.

Although it's probably a stupid mistake I made, I couldn't find how to fix it after more than an hour of searching, any help is appreciated.

 {
     { "appId": "name",
      "apiKey": "apikeyhere",
      "public": "./",
      "ignore": [
        "stamplay.json",
        "**/.*",
        "**/node_modules/**"
      ] }
     { "headers": [
          {
            "source" : "**/*.@(jpg|gif|png|mp3|mp4)",
            "headers" : [
              {
                "key" : "Cache-Control",
                "value" : "max-age=7200"
              }
            ]
          },
            {
              "source" : "**/*.@(html|css|js|php)",
              "headers" : [
                {
                  "key" : "expires",
                  "value" : "1y"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
      }
    }

You've got a stray `} {` in the middle of that (between ìgnore` and `headers` which probably should have been a comma — Bergi, Jun 02 '16 at 20:48
`{ {` is invalid, you need to put keyed values in your object. Did you mean an array? — Bergi, Jun 02 '16 at 20:49

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 02 '16 at 20:52

Is this what you are trying to do?

{
  "appId": "name",
  "apiKey": "apikeyhere",
  "public": "./",
  "ignore": [
    "stamplay.json",
    "**/.*",
    "**/node_modules/**"
  ],
  "headers": [
    {
      "source": "**/*.@(html|css|js|php)",
      "headers": [
        {
          "key": "expires",
          "value": "1y"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "source": "**/*.@(html|css|js|php)",
      "headers": [
        {
          "key": "expires",
          "value": "1y"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Thank you very much! That's exactly what i needed. – Daniel E Jun 02 '16 at 21:37 — Daniel E, Jun 02 '16 at 21:37

nwk · Answer 2 · 2016-06-02T20:53:23.423

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What you have posted isn't valid JSON: it opens as a JSON object but then doesn't follow the { with a string key. You can use, e.g., http://jsonlint.com/ to verify that it's invalid.

edited Jun 02 '16 at 20:53

answered Jun 02 '16 at 20:37

nwk

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Thanks for that site, it works better than what i was trying to use before. – Daniel E Jun 02 '16 at 21:40

JSON Formatting, valid JSON displays syntax error

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