JSON to VBA - Error 13 mismatch on "root values" - json

Question

I was trying to get some information from a JSON API and everything was going OK. So I started to get mismatch errors when I try to parse values that are inside the “root” of the JSON.
The code I use is below:
Public Sub Times()
Dim http As Object, JSON As Object, i As Integer
Set http = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
http.Open "GET", "https://api.cartolafc.globo.com/time/id/1084847/7", False
http.Send
Set JSON = ParseJson(http.responseText)
i = 2
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Sheets("Youtube").Select
For Each Item In JSON
Sheets("Mais Escalados").Cells(i, 2).value = Item("pontos")
i = i + 1
Next
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
MsgBox ("Atualização Completa")
End Sub
I can parse the data inside atletas sub-items or any other header changing the code like this:
Sheets("Mais Escalados").Cells(i, 2).value = Item("atletas")("nome")
But when I try to parse information like pontos on the root I get the mismatch error.

Answer 1

This will give you the root value for the key "pontos":
JSON("pontos")
You can't loop over the root keys like you show in your posted code: you would need to check the type of each key's value before you try to write it to the sheet:
Public Sub Times()
Dim http As Object, JSON As Object, i As Integer, k
Set http = CreateObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP")
http.Open "GET", "https://api.cartolafc.globo.com/time/id/1084847/7", False
http.Send
Set JSON = ParseJson(http.responseText)
For Each k In JSON
Debug.Print k, TypeName(JSON(k))
Next
End Sub
Output:
atletas Collection
clubes Dictionary
posicoes Dictionary
status Dictionary
capitao_id Double
time Dictionary
patrimonio Double
esquema_id Double
pontos Double
valor_time Double
rodada_atual Double