A JSONObject text must begin with '{' error

Question

I have this JSON coming from one of our REST service:

[
    \"{\\\"category_name\\\":[\\\"Industry Components\\\"],\\\"categoryId\\\":[1]}\",
    \"{\\\"category         


        

Answer 1

JSON Object follows the following Structure:

{
 "array": [
{
    color: "red",
    value: "#f00"
},
{
    color: "green",
    value: "#0f0"
}
]
}

JSON Array follows the following Structure:

[
 { "firstName":"John" , "lastName":"Doe" }, 
 { "firstName":"Anna" , "lastName":"Smith" }, 
 { "firstName":"Peter" , "lastName": "Jones" }
]