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SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input at JSON.parse (< anonymous>)

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I am using an API for some information to display on my web page using https.get() in nodejs. But when I try to console log the response by parsing it as JSON this error is shown

SyntaxError: Unexpected end of JSON input
at JSON.parse ()
at IncomingMessage. (C:UsersHardik AggarwalDesktopRSCapp.js:17:33)
at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:315:20)
at addChunk (_stream_readable.js:295:12)
at readableAddChunk (_stream_readable.js:271:9)
at IncomingMessage.Readable.push (_stream_readable.js:212:10)

at HTTPParser.parserOnBody (_http_common.js:132:24)
at TLSSocket.socketOnData (_http_client.js:469:22)
at TLSSocket.emit (events.js:315:20)
at addChunk (_stream_readable.js:295:12)

The URL is sending the correct data in JSON format. The only problem is that JSON.parse() is not working on this data. The code is

app.get(/, function(req, res){

    https.get(url, JSON, function(response){

        response.on(data, function(data){

            const currency=JSON.parse(data);

            console.log(currency);

        })

    })



    res.render(index);

})

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answered 4 Years ago rayvenc · Accepted Answer

When you use data event it means you treat response like a stream and it is not guaranteed that it will send all the data in one chunk. So, in data event you should collect all the chunks and in end event you should try to parse the data. Also, don't forget to check response.statusCode for error.
Try this:

app.get(/, function(req, res){



https.get(url, JSON, function(response){

    var data;

    response.on(data, function(chunk) {

      if (!data) {

        data = chunk;

      } else {

        data += chunk;

      }

    });



    response.on(end, function() {

        const currency=JSON.parse(data);

        console.log(currency);

        res.render(index);

    });

});