how to use config.json in discord.py

Question

im trying to create a config file but it keeps giving me an error

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:\Users\Bryan\Documents\Bots\ArqadeBotService\main.py", line 15, in <module>
    config = json.load(file)
             ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_3.11.1264.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\Lib\json\__init__.py", line 293, in load
    return loads(fp.read(),
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_3.11.1264.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\Lib\json\__init__.py", line 346, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_3.11.1264.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\Lib\json\decoder.py", line 337, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\PythonSoftwareFoundation.Python.3.11_3.11.1264.0_x64__qbz5n2kfra8p0\Lib\json\decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
    raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

this is the code im using

import discord
from discord.ext import commands
import json
from colorama import Back, Fore, Style
import time
import platform



def load_config():
    with open("config.json", "r") as file:
        return json.load(file)

config  = load_config()

# rest of the code

client.run(config["token"])

and here is the config.json file

{
    "bot_info": [
        {
            "prefix": ".",
            "token": "MTE0NDMyMzM5NjAzODA0MTcxMw.G4NGDH.rDfsUei-6Ua0pg4aFVQFqVjBX-hWfoLETZjRGg"
        }
    ]
}

i tried multiple ways of getting the config file ut i gives me the same error

-EDIT

i found out that the actual config file is empty. It only shows the code in config whe i open it in vsc.so this is prob why the error shows up bu i dont know why the file is empty

Does this answer your question? [JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16573332/jsondecodeerror-expecting-value-line-1-column-1-char-0) — Dominik, Aug 24 '23 at 18:40
That's evidently NOT the whole `config.json` file. How did you create the file? My guess is that you have a Unicode byte-order marker at the front. Try adding `encoding='utf-8'` to your `open` call. — Tim Roberts, Aug 24 '23 at 18:42
@Dominik it doesnt. i tried every solution given there but keep getting the error — Arqade, Aug 24 '23 at 18:48
@TimRoberts i just added the created the file in my folder and this is everything i have. i already tried encoding but it still didnt work — Arqade, Aug 24 '23 at 18:50
Can you put the actual file someplace where I can download it? I'm still suspicious. It's complaining about the very first character, which means that character is not the `{` that we see here. — Tim Roberts, Aug 24 '23 at 18:56
@TimRoberts here is a github link https://github.com/ArqadeBotService/stackoverflow-problem — Arqade, Aug 24 '23 at 18:59
if i open it trough the file itself it is empty but if i open with vsc it isnt — Arqade, Aug 24 '23 at 19:12
Then you're looking at two different files. Close your VSCode tab and open it again from the right location. — Tim Roberts, Aug 24 '23 at 20:36
@TimRoberts i tried again and this time it showed an empty file but the file just doesnt save — Arqade, Aug 25 '23 at 09:34

how to use config.json in discord.py

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