Unexplainable error while parsing JSON

Question

I'm trying to parse JSON into NSDictionary. I have tried a lot of different ways and i always have the same error. Here's the simplest example:

     NSString *response = [request responseString];
     NSLog(@"%@",response);

     NSDictionary *jsonDict = [response JSONValue];
     NSLog(@"%@",jsonDict);

I can have two types of responseString: 1)something like {"s_login":{"error":6}}

and

2) something like {s_login:{"error":0,"sid":"66d4da3e870427bb"}}

So the problem is:

When responseString is 1 - everything is OK. I'm able to make it into NSDictionary and my NSLog tells me:

{
"s_login" =     {
    error = 6;
};
}

but when responseString is the second variant, then NSDictionary is null and this is what i'm having in console output:

 -JSONValue failed. Error trace is: (
"Error Domain=org.brautaset.JSON.ErrorDomain Code=3 \"Object key string expected\" UserInfo=0x6043680 {NSLocalizedDescription=Object key string expected}"

Seems like i've described my issue fully. Any help is highly desired and appreciated. Thanks for your time

Answer 1

The response:

{s_login:{"error":0,"sid":"66d4da3e870427bb"}}

is not a valid JSON string. It's missing the double quotes around s_login. They are mandatory.

You'll have to fix it on the server side.