JSON::XS complains if a key is not quoted

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I get back JSON in this format:

{key1:"value1", key2:"value2"}

If I try to use JSON::XS' decode_json method to convert it for me but it's complaining that the keys are not quoted. Is there an option I can set in JSON::XS to ignore this quirk? I looked at the docs but there was nothing obvious.

score 5 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:49

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If you don't quote the keys, it's not valid JSON. A valid JavaScript object is not necessarily a valid JSON object.

See this answer.

JSON::PP has options to allow for more lax parsing of "JSON"-ish input, specifically the allow_barekey option.

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answered Sep 14 '12 at 19:25

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That's my thought. This stupid API claims it is returning JSON. – gdanko Sep 14 '12 at 19:26
You might try JSON::PP, it will have the same error by default but it has additional options. – zostay Sep 14 '12 at 19:28

JSON::XS complains if a key is not quoted

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