No start of json char found

Package:

ansible

49704

Exception Class:

ValueError

Raise code

        if line.startswith(u'{'):
            endchar = u'}'
            break
        elif not objects_only and line.startswith(u'['):
            endchar = u']'
            break
    else:
        raise ValueError('No start of json char found')

    # Filter trailing junk
    lines = lines[start:]

    for reverse_end_offset, line in enumerate(reversed(lines)):
        if line.strip().endswith(endchar):
            break

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Links to the raise (2)

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/015331518dff60f31a7d8ce24fc315e3ac9e86f8/lib/ansible/module_utils/json_utils.py#L57 https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/015331518dff60f31a7d8ce24fc315e3ac9e86f8/lib/ansible/modules/async_wrapper.py#L99

Ways to fix

Summary: Make sure you use the symbol "{" at the beginning of the line json:

Code to reproduce (WRONG):

from ansible.module_utils.json_utils import _filter_non_json_lines
json_text = u'"key":"value"}'
filtered, warnings = _filter_non_json_lines(jsons)
print('filtered', filtered)
print('warnings', warnings)

Working version (Fixed):

from ansible.module_utils.json_utils import _filter_non_json_lines
json_text = u'{"key":"value"}' # <--- HERE IS A FIX WE ADDED "{"
filtered, warnings = _filter_non_json_lines(jsons)
print('filtered', filtered)
print('warnings', warnings)

Jul 09, 2021

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