• trevmiles

• in reply to: json import error: "import file empty"
• August 27, 2020 at 1:03 pm

For me, the problem was that the JSON file that I was trying to import had a comma where there wasn’t suppose to be. Specifically it was on the last line of the location array. Here’s an example, notice here that there is a comma at the end of the “value” line:

"location": [
   [
      {
         "param": "post_template",
         "operator": "==",
         "value": "components\/logo-heading-cta.php",
      }
   ]
],

When I removed that comma, like this:

"location": [
   [
      {
         "param": "post_template",
         "operator": "==",
         "value": "components\/logo-heading-cta.php"
      }
   ]
],

Then the JSON file imported without any problem. I noticed this because my text editor showed that the comma there was a syntax error. It seems JSON is specific about not having a comma after the last item in an array.

Maybe this will be the solution for anyone else trying to find an answer to this problem.