Can't parse JSON

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#1

Script:

local HttpService = game:GetService("HttpService")
local response = HttpService:RequestAsync({
	Url = "http://games.roproxy.com/v1/games/votes?universeIds="..4623776635,
	Method = "GET"
})

local votes = HttpService:JSONDecode(response.Body)
print(votes)
print("upVotes:", votes.data[1].upVotes)

I’m trying to make it print the amount of likes, but it says Can’t parse JSON

#2

Are you sure the body is valid JSON?

#3

That error appers whenever what you pass to JSONDecode() isn’t a valid json string.

You should always wrap API calls in pcalls to handle errors

local success, result = pcall(function()
    return HttpService:RequestAsync(...)
end)

if not success or not result.Success then
    return warn(`Unsuccessful request, failed with status code {result.StatusCode}.`)
end

if result.Body then
    print(HttpService:JSONDecode(result.Body))
end

Apparently you are receiving an error instead of the expected response which doesn’t include a valid json body. You can debug it by reading the response’s status code.

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#4

It says: Unsuccessful request, failed with status code nil.

#5

That means that the error is not in the request because the return of RequestAsync() is a table with a StatusCode key. You probably haven’t turned on HttpRequests in your game’s settings. Try printing result.

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