Firebase: JSON payload not accepted - json

Question

I'm trying to push JSON from a service in to Firebase, and it's not accepting it.
I cant figure out why. JSONLint validates it as valid.
The error I get is:
error: "Invalid data; couldn't parse JSON object, array, or value."
Here's the JSON payload:
{
"app_id": "e4805b8d5a9f4032b0bb8b6d9c6726b8",
"archived": false,
"attachments": {
"form.xml": {
"content_type": "text/xml",
"length": 4500,
"url": "https://someurl.com/form.xml"
}
},
"build_id": "3c5703e20346462ebcb07a3f36d5fe9b",
"domain": "my-test",
"edited_by_user_id": null,
"edited_on": null,
"form": {
"#type": "data",
"#name": "Beneficiary Registration",
"#uiVersion": "1",
"#version": "1",
"#xmlns": "http://openrosa.org/formdesigner/123456",
"beneficiary_age": {
"beneficiary_age_num": "8",
"beneficiary_exact_age_ind": "N"
},
"beneficiary_gender_cd": "M",
"beneficiary_id": "Hhr-O6I3C5L-J3G1L",
"case": {
"#case_id": "a07972bc-1a34-4c84-90ea-91250639f2a4",
"#date_modified": "2020-03-17T20:57:26.986000Z",
"#user_id": "2275c340c48ac83b6852035b0a15b5d3",
"#xmlns": "http://someurl.org/case/transaction/v2"
},
"case_name": "Hhr-O6I3C5L-J3G1L|joel galager|Katsekera|Katsekera|Mpando|Katsekera|KE",
"existing_beneficiaries": "Jane Doe\n\nJoan Doe",
"existing_beneficiaries_label": "",
"household_information": {
"beneficiary_household_information_display": "",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_1": "KE",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_1_text": "Kenya",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_2": "HF0001",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_2_text": "Katsekera",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_3": "TA0001",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_3_text": "Mpando",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_4": "GHV0001",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_4_text": "Katsekera",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_5": "V0001",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_5_text": "Katsekera",
"correct_information": "",
"hh_first_name": "John",
"hh_full_name": "John Doe",
"hh_id_fk": "Hhr-O6I3C5L",
"hh_last_name": "Doe",
"household_information": ""
},
"meta": {
"#xmlns": "http://openrosa.org/jr/xforms",
"appVersion": "Formplayer Version: 2.47",
"app_build_version": 1,
"commcare_version": null,
"deviceID": "Formplayer",
"drift": "0",
"geo_point": null,
"instanceID": "123-321-232",
"timeEnd": "2020-03-17T20:57:26.986000Z",
"timeStart": "2020-03-17T20:57:13.958000Z",
"userID": "2275c340c48ac83b6852035b0a15b5d3",
"username": "some_username"
},
"name_group": {
"beneficiary_first_name": "joel",
"beneficiary_full_name": "joel galager",
"beneficiary_last_name": "galager"
},
"subcase_0": {
"case": {
"#case_id": "2a4bfe27-a5c3-4f3a-8540-5f8ded86db85",
"#date_modified": "2020-03-17T20:57:26.986000Z",
"#user_id": "abc123",
"#xmlns": "http://commcarehq.org/case/transaction/v2",
"create": {
"case_name": "Hhr-O6I3C5L-J3G1L|joel galager|Katsekera|Katsekera|Mpando|Katsekera|KE",
"case_type": "beneficiary_case",
"owner_id": "abc123"
},
"index": {
"parent": {
"#text": "a07972bc-1a34-4c84-90ea-91250639f2a4",
"#case_type": "household_case"
}
},
"update": {
"beneficiary_age_num": "8",
"beneficiary_exact_age_ind": "N",
"beneficiary_first_name": "joel",
"beneficiary_full_name": "joel galager",
"beneficiary_gender_cd": "M",
"beneficiary_id": "Hhr-O6I3C5L-J3G1L",
"beneficiary_last_name": "galager",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_1": "KE",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_1_text": "Kenya",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_2": "HF0001",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_2_text": "Katsekera",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_3": "TA0001",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_3_text": "Mpando",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_4": "GHV0001",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_4_text": "Katsekera",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_5": "V0001",
"beneficiary_location_hierarchy_5_text": "Katsekera",
"hh_id_fk": "Hhr-O6I3C5L"
}
}
}
},
"id": "d547ccea-503c-4c50-b974-38ed564ae78a",
"indexed_on": "2020-03-17T21:01:04.695654",
"initial_processing_complete": true,
"is_phone_submission": true,
"metadata": {
"appVersion": "Formplayer Version: 2.47",
"app_build_version": 1,
"commcare_version": null,
"deviceID": "Formplayer",
"drift": "0",
"geo_point": null,
"instanceID": "01010101",
"location": null,
"timeEnd": "2020-03-17T20:57:26.986000Z",
"timeStart": "2020-03-17T20:57:13.958000Z",
"userID": "2275c340c48ac83b6852035b0a15b5d3",
"username": "myusername"
},
"problem": null,
"received_on": "2020-03-17T20:57:27.179986Z",
"resource_uri": "",
"server_modified_on": "2020-03-17T20:57:27.382548Z",
"type": "data",
"uiversion": "1",
"version": "1"
}

Answer 1

This is probably because of #type inside form.
The # character can't be used in RTDB paths.
See How data is structured from the docs.
Keys cannot contain
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$
#
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/
ASCII control characters 0-31 or 127