I am using flickr public API, Where I am facing issue with parsing of JSON. Here is my code.
NSString *urlString = @"https://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?format=json";
NSURL *url = [NSURL URLWithString:urlString];
NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:url];
AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation = [[AFHTTPRequestOperation alloc] initWithRequest:request];
// operation.responseSerializer = [AFJSONResponseSerializer serializer];
[operation setCompletionBlockWithSuccess:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, id responseObject) {
//(JSON text did not start with array or object and option to allow fragments not set.)
NSString *rawString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:responseObject encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSData *refinedData = [responseObject subdataWithRange:NSMakeRange([@"jsonFlickrFeed(" length], [responseObject length]-([@"jsonFlickrFeed(" length]+1))];
NSError *parseError = nil;
NSDictionary *jsonObject=[NSJSONSerialization
JSONObjectWithData:refinedData
options:NSJSONReadingMutableLeaves
error:&parseError];
NSError *parsingError = nil;
} failure:^(AFHTTPRequestOperation *operation, NSError *error) {
}];
[operation start];
Error while parsing:
Error Domain=NSCocoaErrorDomain Code=3840 "The data couldn’t be read because it isn’t in the correct format." (Invalid escape sequence around character 15901.) UserInfo=0x7fa613da71c0 {NSDebugDescription=Invalid escape sequence around character 15901.}
Is there any specific character set should i need to specify while parsing?
What ever the changes required that needs to be done at my end since the API response is not in my control.
Solution: @vishnuvaran's guess logically correct, Apart from that we need to escape "\'" this character then only I can able to parse the JSON.
[requiredString replaceOccurrencesOfString:@"\\\'" withString:@" " options:NSLiteralSearch range:NSMakeRange(0, [requiredString length])];
You are giving wrong sub data range.Just change this line
NSData *refinedData = [responseObject subdataWithRange:NSMakeRange([@"jsonFlickrFeed(" length], [responseObject length]-([@"jsonFlickrFeed(" length]+1))];
to below line
NSData *refinedData = [responseObject subdataWithRange:NSMakeRange([@"jsonFlickrFeed(" length], ([responseObject length]-1)-([@"jsonFlickrFeed(" length]))];
Hope it will help you.