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Help with error: Action 'Parse_JSON' failed

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Posted on by NikkNikkNikk

Hi, I'm following this tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlw5_qV8pIo&t=568s, but are stuck with an error on the first JSON. This is the error details:
The 'content' property of actions of type 'ParseJson' must be valid JSON. The provided value cannot be parsed: 'Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: (. Path '', line 0, position 0.'.

Do anyone know how to fix this error?

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trice602 15,402 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi @NikkNikkNikk ,

Always glad to help. Can you share your flow please? Just paste it into the post with your actions expanded would be great!

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NikkNikkNikk 10 on at

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Appreciate it a lot! Attached a picture of the full flow. Here is also the JSON copied:

{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"Dag": {
"type": "string"
},
"Dato": {
"type": "string"
},
"Prosjekt": {
"type": "string"
},
"PL": {
"type": "string"
},
"Avvikler": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}

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trice602 15,402 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Thanks for sharing! Are these brackets correct? Your json looks like it is formatted correctly so it must be something with the source.

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NikkNikkNikk 10 on at

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Thanks for the quick response! I's correct compared to the tutorial I've build this flow on. And get the same error if i remove them and cant save the/get an error if i change them to "{}".

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trice602 15,402 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Thanks for sharing. At 4:00 in the video, they are definitely "{" brackets so that's the first thing I saw. The other two things I see that are most likely the root cause are extra spaces in "Dag ", "Dato ", and "PL " -- clean up for consistency and see if that helps.

The quotations you are using are different. Again, look at the video at 4:00 and compare to yours. Also look at the quotations around "Avvikler": "[Excel Avvikler]" compared to the others. I think you are close here and you have inspired me to watch this entire video too!

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