Re^2: Malformed JSON Error Piwigo

Just to be clear do you mean the script is dodgy itself or the response from the hosting provider which is Awardspace

Apologies all noob queries

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Re^3: Malformed JSON Error Piwigo by NetWallah (Canon) on Apr 26, 2017 at 21:37 UTC
Both sides. The script you are using to fetch data from the server expects JSON back, and croaks if it does not get it. That part could be improved with Error/Warning detection and handling. The server side code that runs on the hosting service is what provides a response to a request from your clinet script. That should also behave itself when JSON is requested, and provide a JSON-only response. Apparently, it is not doing so in this case - it is sending an HTML style warning message. You can blame (lack of) documentation for this, and/or poor design/coding/testing. ...Disinformation is not as good as datinformation. Don't document the program; program the document.	[reply]

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Re^3: Malformed JSON Error Piwigo
by NetWallah (Canon) on Apr 26, 2017 at 21:37 UTC

The script you are using to fetch data from the server expects JSON back, and croaks if it does not get it.
That part could be improved with Error/Warning detection and handling.

The server side code that runs on the hosting service is what provides a response to a request from your clinet script.
That should also behave itself when JSON is requested, and provide a JSON-only response.
Apparently, it is not doing so in this case - it is sending an HTML style warning message.
You can blame (lack of) documentation for this, and/or poor design/coding/testing.

...Disinformation is not as good as datinformation. Don't document the program; program the document.

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