Title: JSON Data
Last modified: April 17, 2025

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# JSON Data

 *  Resolved [joefee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joefee/)
 * (@joefee)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/json-data-4/)
 * Using the example found in WordPress: (Example JSON: [[“ISBN”,”TITLE”,”AUTHOR”],[“
   UPC”,”TITLE”,”AUTHOR”]])
 * I created a test JSON file, when I enter the URL the Preview section states to“
   Enter item identifiers and save the post to see a preview of the bookshelf.”
 * Below is the test Json file:
 * [[“9780759529519”, “Maximum Ride. The manga, 1”, “Lee, NaRae.”], [“9781439190661”,“
   Our bodies, ourselves”, “”]]
 * Am I missing a step?
    -  This topic was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by [joefee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joefee/).

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 *  Plugin Author [photonicgnostic](https://wordpress.org/support/users/photonicgnostic/)
 * (@photonicgnostic)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/json-data-4/#post-18425019)
 * Does your JSON file display correctly when you view it in your browser? If the
   JSON above is exactly what is in your file then it’s invalid. It has right and
   left quotes, which JSON doesn’t like.
 * I tested a file with the JSON below and it works:
   [[“9780759529519”, “Maximum
   Ride. The manga, 1”, “Lee, NaRae.”],[“9781439190661”, “Our bodies, ourselves”,“”]]
 * Once the Bookshelf is saved with valid JSON, you can switch back to _Input items
   as a list_ to verify the data is parsed as you expect.
 *  Thread Starter [joefee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joefee/)
 * (@joefee)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/json-data-4/#post-18426527)
 * It does display correctly, looks like the editor here changed them…
 * However, using Postman, I found that the PowerShell script that’s creating the
   JSON file was saving it as utf8-BOM which inserted “nul” characters in-between
   every character. I’ve corrected that and the plugin is working as expected.

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 * Last activity: [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/json-data-4/#post-18426527)
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