Roku Direct Publisher

[coskel]

I am getting the following error in my JSON file.

The feed format is invalid. We are unable to parse it.: com.google.gson.stream.MalformedJsonException: Unterminated object at line 28 column 146 path $.liveFeeds[0].longDescription

Here are lines 27-29 truncated for reference, I can't find where the error is.

      "shortDescription": "Go Live Sports Cast. We broadcast live pro and amateur sports video",
      "longDescription": "We broadcast live pro and amateur sports video under the portal Go Live Sports Cast. Events include ESPN broadcasts, The Ocho, Baseball, Footy, Cornhole, Arena soccer, Boxing, MMA, Soccer and racing. Amateur football, hockey, basketball and other sports. MMA and Boxing are rated PG 14 V",
      "tags": [

Any help is highly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

[Baradanikto]

It's hard to tell what the problem is with the snippet you've provided.  The actual problem may have occurred in the feed lines you have not shown.  If possible, post the entire feed file.

[coskel]

{
  "lastUpdated": "2022-03-02T04:23:24+00:00",
  "providerName": "Soundque Entertainment Inc",
  "language": "en-US",
  "liveFeeds": [
    {
      "id": "baa3598ae6e646b5a03e68d6c8001a32",
      "title": "GoLiveSportsCast",
      "content": {
        "dateAdded": "2022-02-22T10:05:27+00:00",
        "videos": [
          {
            "url": "https://golive-sports.evrideo.tv/68e54923-b4ba-4a1e-99e3-abc2747104fd_1000016170_HLS/master.m3u8",
            "quality": "HD",
            "videoType": "HLS"
          }
        ],
        "duration": 86400,
        "validityPeriodStart": "2022-02-23T16:22:55+00:00",
        "validityPeriodEnd": "2048-01-01T08:33:41+00:00",
        "adBreaks": [
          "00:30:00"
        ]
      },
      "thumbnail": "https://golivesportscast.com/roku/GLSC-ROKU2022.png",
      "brandedThumbnail": "https://golivesportscast.com/roku/GLSC-ROKU2022.png",
      "shortDescription": "Go Live Sports Cast. We broadcast live pro and amateur sports video",
      "longDescription": "We broadcast live pro and amateur sports video under the portal Go Live Sports Cast. Events include ESPN broadcasts, The Ocho, Baseball, Footy, Cornhole, Arena soccer, Boxing, MMA, Soccer and racing. Amateur football, hockey, basketball and other sports. MMA and Boxing are rated PG 14 V",
      "tags": [
        "linear",
        "sports",
        "soccer",
        "hockey",
        "cornhole",
        "footy",
        "USAFL",
        "MMA",
        "Boxing",
        "Racing",
        "Ocho"
      ],
      "rating": {
        "rating": "TVMA",
        "ratingSource": "MPAA"
      },
      "genres": [
        "sports"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "categories": [
    {
      "name": "Combat Sports",
      "query": "MMA AND boxing",
      "order": "chronological"
    },
    {
      "name": "Racing",
      "query": "Racing",
      "order": "chronological"
    },
    {
      "name": "USAFL",
      "query": "USAFL AND footy",
      "order": "most_recent"
    },
    {
      "name": "Baseball",
      "query": "Baseball",
      "order": "most_recent"
    },
    {
      "name": "Hockey",
      "query": "Hockey",
      "order": "chronological"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ocho",
      "query": "Ocho  OR ESPN",
      "order": "most_recent"
    },
    {
      "name": "Arena Soccer",
      "query": "soccer AND PASL",
      "order": "most_recent"
    },
    {
      "name": "Other Sports",
      "query": "Rodeo OR Classic cars",
      "order": "chronological"
    }
  ]
}

[Baradanikto]

What are you using to compose the feed file?  It appears you may be using an external tool that utilizes gson.  I would guess that there's an error in the code that composes the feed file.

[sattun]

Hi @coskel ,

I think the issue is this character:

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