In <mailman.101.1505945630.2730.python-l...@python.org> john polo <jp...@mail.usf.edu> writes:
> JSONDecodeError: Expecting ':' delimiter: line 5 column 50 (char 161) > ?json.loads says that the method is for deserializing "s", with "s" > being a string, bytes, or bytearray. > In [24]: type(text) > Out[24]: str > So "text" seems to be a string. Why does json.loads return an error? Because, although text is the right type, it does not contain a valid json string. -- John Gordon A is for Amy, who fell down the stairs gor...@panix.com B is for Basil, assaulted by bears -- Edward Gorey, "The Gashlycrumb Tinies" -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list