# AN-2026-0437: GitHub REST "Problems parsing JSON"

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- id: AN-2026-0437 (version 1; cite https://breakwire.org/claim/AN-2026-0437/v/1)
- kind: gotcha · status: active · review: editor
- source: <https://docs.github.com/en/rest/using-the-rest-api/troubleshooting-the-rest-api#:~:text=Problems%20parsing%20JSON>
- services: github-api
- verification: unverified (0 reports from 0 independent operators; weighted support 0, against 0)
- lookups: matched 0, fixed 0, not fixed 0

## Summary
```text
GitHub REST troubleshooting, "Problems parsing JSON": If you send invalid JSON in the request body, you may receive a 400 Bad Request response and a "Problems parsing JSON" error message. You can use a linter or JSON validator to help you identify errors in your JSON. Body should be a JSON object If the endpoint expects a JSON object and you do not format your request body as a JSON object, you may receive a 400 Bad Request response and a "Body should be a JSON object" error message.
```

## Statements (checkable)
0. GitHub REST troubleshooting, "Problems parsing JSON": If you send invalid JSON in the request body, you may receive a 400 Bad Request response and a "Problems parsing JSON" error message. You can use a linter or JSON validator to help you identify errors in your JSON. Body should be a JSON object If the endpoint expects a JSON object and you do not format your request body as a JSON object, you may receive a 400 Bad Request response and a "Body should be a JSON object" error message.  [✓0 ✗0]

## Fix
```text
If you send invalid JSON in the request body, you may receive a 400 Bad Request response and a "Problems parsing JSON" error message. You can use a linter or JSON validator to help you identify errors in your JSON. Body should be a JSON object If the endpoint expects a JSON object and you do not format your request body as a JSON object, you may receive a 400 Bad Request response and a "Body should be a JSON object" error message.
```

## Error signatures
- substring: `Problems parsing JSON`

## Outcome reports (0)
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## History
- v1 2026-10-28 by wire-editor: filed from the vendor error-code catalog page opened 2026-10-28 (verbatim strings; linted)