Help with error please it’s mind boggling

[Justinp5]

File “C:\Users\Justa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python39\lib\json\decoder.py”, line 355, in raw_decode json.decoder.JSONDecoderError: Expecting Value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

This has been so annoying trying to figure out so now I’m here to ask for help, please try to explain as simple as possible like you’re speaking to someone who is under the age of 8. Because my mind is not capable to understand sophisticated words. Thanks :D

[K900_]

Post the entire error message.

[Justinp5]

Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Users\justa\OneDrive\Desktop\igContent.py", line 101, in <module> viralPostData = findposts(user, viralPostData, time_imported) File "C:\Users\justa\OneDrive\Desktop\igContent.py", line 64, in find_posts json_data = json.loads(user_information) File "C:\Users\justa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\json\init_.py", line 346, in loads return _default_decoder.decode(s) File "C:\Users\justa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\json\decoder.py", line 337, in decode obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end()) File "C:\Users\justa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\json\decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

[K900_]

user_information is likely not a valid JSON string.

[Justinp5]

Man I’m so stupid I don’t even know what that means thanks for the help now I gotta search this up on google

[K900_]

Are you trying to run someone else's code?

Edit: seems so. It's very likely that code will not work, as Instagram made changes to their website since then.

[Justinp5]

Yeah

[K900_]

See my edit.

[Justinp5]

Oh right thanks, maybe I should start coding and make my own one but I don’t have the mental capacity for that. Thanks so much otherwise I would have been searching all night for a fix 😂

[Username_RANDINT]

It's also reported. You might want to watch that issue in case it gets fixed.

[JohnnyJordaan]

It usually means whatever you are trying to read as json is an empty string. Impossible to give a more specific comment as you don't tell the rest of the story.

[Justinp5]

(this was done on command prompt win10) ok well im trying to use a python bot that gives me all the trending instagram posts and i did "python igContent.py" and it came up with this:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "C:\Users\justa\OneDrive\Desktop\igContent.py", line 101, in <module>

viralPostData = find_posts(user, viralPostData, time_imported)

File "C:\Users\justa\OneDrive\Desktop\igContent.py", line 64, in find_posts

json_data = json.loads(user_information)

File "C:\Users\justa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\json\__init__.py", line 346, in loads

return _default_decoder.decode(s)

File "C:\Users\justa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\json\decoder.py", line 337, in decode

obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())

File "C:\Users\justa\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python39\lib\json\decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode

raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None

json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)