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JSON Error when trying to create a Microsoft Project for the Web from a Microsoft Forms submission

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Posted on by slmacche 26

I am trying to create a new project task whenever an MSForm has been submitted. However, it is failing due to a "The response is not in a JSON format." error.  Here is my flow:

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Here is what is returned from the Create Project step

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Body

{
  "error": {
    "code": 302,
    "source": "flow-apim-msmanaged-na-eastus2-01.azure-apim.net",
    "clientRequestId": "916d51c2-ce60-4c93-8e1d-bae6a81cd802",
    "message": "The response is not in a JSON format.",
    "innerError": "Cannot read server response."
  }
}
 

Headers

{
  "Pragma": "no-cache",
  "client-request-id": "41a8eefc-13f5-4168-86a1-71249c7fdda4",
  "X-CorrelationId": "41a8eefc-13f5-4168-86a1-71249c7fdda4",
  "X-Frame-Options": "DENY",
  "Timing-Allow-Origin": "*",
  "x-ms-apihub-cached-response": "false",
  "x-ms-apihub-obo": "false",
  "Cache-Control": "no-store, no-cache",
  "Date": "Mon, 08 May 2023 18:47:53 GMT",
  "Location": "/uncg.edu/en-US",
  "Content-Length": "279",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
 
Raw Outputs
{
    "statusCode": 302,
    "headers": {
        "Pragma": "no-cache",
        "client-request-id": "41a8eefc-13f5-4168-86a1-71249c7fdda4",
        "X-CorrelationId": "41a8eefc-13f5-4168-86a1-71249c7fdda4",
        "X-Frame-Options": "DENY",
        "Timing-Allow-Origin": "*",
        "x-ms-apihub-cached-response": "false",
        "x-ms-apihub-obo": "false",
        "Cache-Control": "no-store, no-cache",
        "Date": "Mon, 08 May 2023 18:47:53 GMT",
        "Location": "/uncg.edu/en-US",
        "Content-Length": "279",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
        "error": {
            "code": 302,
            "source": "flow-apim-msmanaged-na-eastus2-01.azure-apim.net",
            "clientRequestId": "916d51c2-ce60-4c93-8e1d-bae6a81cd802",
            "message": "The response is not in a JSON format.",
            "innerError": "Cannot read server response."
        }
    }
}
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  • Expiscornovus Profile Picture
    Expiscornovus 33,478 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi @slmacche,

     

    Haven't got a Project Online instance to check. But this might be a case of an invalid character used in a task name. Are you nowadays allowed to use a + character in a task name?

     

    Can you double check if you are allowed to create a task with exactly the same name in the interface?

     

    Back in my Project Server days this was a type of character I was always trying to avoid in task names 😁:

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/c41a17c9-451d-450b-bd74-6adf61f97625/special-character-in-project-name-dash-underscore?forum=projectonline

     

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