One other gotcha that can result in "SyntaxError: Unexpected token" exception when calling JSON.parse() is using any of the following in the string values: New-line characters.
Unexpected indent. This line of code has more spaces at the start than the one before, but the one before is not the start of a subblock (e.g., the if, while, and for statements).
SyntaxError: Unexpected identifier Asked 11 years, 2 months ago Modified 1 year, 8 months ago Viewed 118k times
I have some JavaScript code that works in FireFox but not in Chrome or IE. In the Chrome JS Console I get the follow error: "Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected end of input". The JavaScript code...
I received one of these errors. Error: unexpected symbol in "The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a receive. This problem occurs when the server or another network device unexpectedly closes an existing Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) connection.
Syntax Error: Unexpected token Else Asked 12 years, 2 months ago Modified 3 years, 8 months ago Viewed 37k times
Bash syntax error: unexpected end of file Asked 14 years, 10 months ago Modified 2 years, 3 months ago Viewed 423k times
The API worked fine from Swagger. It would generate {"Unexpected character encountered while parsing value: e. Path '', line 0, position 0."} on using the published Blazor Server application. Both the API and Blazor Server app are hosted on same IIS server with different ports.
Batch File: ( was unexpected at this time Asked 12 years, 9 months ago Modified 2 years, 9 months ago Viewed 207k times
I found that getting Unexpected } was because a piece of my code used the php short tag <? instead of <?php - took me a while to find this one as it worked on other servers.
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Currently, in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS curl is version 7.81.0, and fails in case of unexpected EOF with OpenSSL 3.0.x. The latest curl is 7.88.1, and apparently resolved the issue, though I could not find the exact commit or ticket.