Converting dictionary to JSON

json.dumps() converts a dictionary to str object, not a json(dict) object! So you have to load your str into a dict to use it by using json.loads() method See json.dumps() as a save method and json.loads() as a retrieve method. This is the code sample which might help you understand it more:

How do I POST JSON data with cURL?

You need to set your content-type to application/json. But -d (or –data) sends the Content-Type application/x-www-form-urlencoded, which is not accepted on Spring’s side. Looking at the curl man page, I think you can use -H (or –header): Full example: (-H is short for –header, -d for –data) Note that -request POST is optional if you … Read more

How do I POST JSON data with cURL?

You need to set your content-type to application/json. But -d (or –data) sends the Content-Type application/x-www-form-urlencoded, which is not accepted on Spring’s side. Looking at the curl man page, I think you can use -H (or –header): Full example: (-H is short for –header, -d for –data) Note that -request POST is optional if you use -d, as the -d flag implies a POST request. On Windows, things are slightly different. See the comment thread.

“SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0"

The wording of the error message corresponds to what you get from Google Chrome when you run JSON.parse(‘<…’). I know you said the server is setting Content-Type:application/json, but I am led to believe the response body is actually HTML. Feed.js:94 undefined “parsererror” “SyntaxError: Unexpected token < in JSON at position 0” with the line console.error(this.props.url, status, err.toString()) underlined. The err was actually thrown … Read more