json.parse gives Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected Token (Django json serialized queryset)

Question

I am experiencing the error Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected Token when trying to parse the json data

This is my ajax code (json2.js):

Answer 1

When you set dataType to json, jQuery parses the data for you. So you don't need to put it through JSON.parse, you can just refer to data as a normal Javascript object.