Title: Unsupported JSON Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # Unsupported JSON * Resolved [sactobla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sactobla/) * (@sactobla) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unsupported-json/) * When trying to access the data at the link below, a message is returned saying unsupported JSON format. Not sure why, but would be great to see support for this format in future revisions. * [http://openstates.org/api/v1/bills/?state=dc&q=taxi&apikey=4680b1234b1b4c04a77cdff59c91cfe7](http://openstates.org/api/v1/bills/?state=dc&q=taxi&apikey=4680b1234b1b4c04a77cdff59c91cfe7) * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-content-importer/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-content-importer/) Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * [web_line](https://wordpress.org/support/users/web_line/) * (@web_line) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unsupported-json/#post-5744550) * The JSON is valid – the special here is that the structure starts with an array. Maybe that’s causing the error? Or the unnamed element in the “type” array? Just my 2 cents * Plugin Author [berkux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berkux/) * (@berkux) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unsupported-json/#post-5744665) * Hi, * web_line is right. Yet an object is expected by the plugin, not an array. In the next version this will work. Hoepfully this will be on friday. * Plugin Author [berkux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berkux/) * (@berkux) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unsupported-json/#post-5744743) * Hi sactobla, * there is a new version 1.1.0: [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/json-content-importer.1.1.0.zip](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/json-content-importer.1.1.0.zip) * Before I release it as “stable” I would be happy with some user-tests. New is the very much enhanced template-engine for supporting more JSON-structures. * Try with [http://openstates.org/api/v1/bills/?state=dc&q=taxi&apikey=4680b1234b1b4c04a77cdff59c91cfe7](http://openstates.org/api/v1/bills/?state=dc&q=taxi&apikey=4680b1234b1b4c04a77cdff59c91cfe7) the following: “{title}, {chamber}{subloop-array:type:4}{0}{/subloop-array:type}
” * Best Bernhard * Thread Starter [sactobla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sactobla/) * (@sactobla) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unsupported-json/#post-5744747) * Bernard: * I tested it just now and I”m still getting the “unsupported” message. I used first the example you suggested. I also tried it just with the “title” and “Chamber” fields, without the sub loop argument. Both returned the same error. Plug-in page is showing that i’ve installed version 1.1.0. * Plugin Author [berkux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berkux/) * (@berkux) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unsupported-json/#post-5744750) * Found the Error: In the URL to retrieve “&” was unicoded by wordpress to “& # 38 ;”. [http://openstates.org/](http://openstates.org/) does not like that, therefore the plugin has to un-unicode that. sorry, next plugin-version in a few days… * Plugin Author [berkux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berkux/) * (@berkux) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unsupported-json/#post-5744751) * error found, see above * Plugin Author [berkux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berkux/) * (@berkux) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unsupported-json/#post-5744752) * error found, see above * Thread Starter [sactobla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sactobla/) * (@sactobla) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unsupported-json/#post-5744754) * So, I re-tested it just now and it does work…IF you paste the code into the “ text” window of the page editor, not the WYSIWYG editor. Perhaps one solution is to allow the user to define the URL of the JSON on the plugin page and then call that URL in the short code using a user-defined word. (for example with two fields, one the URL and one the user’s name for that url). Of course you’d have to allow for multiple URLs. * Plugin Author [berkux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berkux/) * (@berkux) * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unsupported-json/#post-5744762) * Hi sactobla, * here we go: 1. Install [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/json-content-importer.1.1.1.zip](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/json-content-importer.1.1.1.zip) * 2. Try: [jsoncontentimporter url=”[http://openstates.org/api/v1//committees/CAC000329/?apikey=4680b1234b1b4c04a77cdff59c91cfe7″%5D](http://openstates.org/api/v1//committees/CAC000329/?apikey=4680b1234b1b4c04a77cdff59c91cfe7″%5D){ committee}{id}{subloop-array:all_ids:144}allids: {0}{/subloop-array:all_ids}list of sources:{subloop-array:sources:1}{url}{/subloop-array:sources}list of members:{ subloop-array:members:2}{name}{/subloop-array:members} [/jsoncontentimporter] * and * [jsoncontentimporter url=”[http://openstates.org/api/v1/bills/?state=dc&q=taxi&apikey=4680b1234b1b4c04a77cdff59c91cfe7″%5D](http://openstates.org/api/v1/bills/?state=dc&q=taxi&apikey=4680b1234b1b4c04a77cdff59c91cfe7″%5D){ title}, {chamber} {subloop-array:type:4}{0}{/subloop-array:type}
[/jsoncontentimporter] * is this what you need? * does it work? * Thread Starter [sactobla](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sactobla/) * (@sactobla) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unsupported-json/#post-5744763) * Fantastic! Yes. That is it! * Thank you! * Plugin Author [berkux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berkux/) * (@berkux) * [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unsupported-json/#post-5744764) * yessss! Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘Unsupported JSON’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/json-content-importer/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3464653) * [Get Use APIs - JSON Content Importer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-content-importer/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/json-content-importer/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/json-content-importer/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/json-content-importer/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/json-content-importer/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/json-content-importer/reviews/) ## Tags * [content](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/content/) * [json](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/json/) * 11 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [berkux](https://wordpress.org/support/users/berkux/) * Last activity: [11 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/unsupported-json/#post-5744764) * Status: resolved