---
title: invalid-json
description: "The file is not a JSON object."
---

# `invalid-json`

**Error** · The file is not a JSON object.

`git8n check` fails on this rule.

## Why it matters

The application cannot load a file that does not parse, and the editor cannot read it or write it. Every key of the file is then missing in this language.

## Invalid

`locales/en/common.json`

```json
{
  "title": "Hello"
}
```

`locales/fr/common.json`

```json
{
  "title": "Bonjour",
}
```

```text
$ git8n check --source en
locales/fr/common.json
  error    Expected double-quoted property name in JSON at position 24 (line 3 column 1)  invalid-json

Read more:
  invalid-json  https://git8n.sakuga.dev/docs/reference/rules/invalid-json.html

1 error, 0 warnings in 2 files (en → fr, 1 key).
```

## Valid

`locales/en/common.json`

```json
{
  "title": "Hello"
}
```

`locales/fr/common.json`

```json
{
  "title": "Bonjour"
}
```

```text
$ git8n check --source en
0 errors, 0 warnings in 2 files (en → fr, 1 key).
```

## What to do

Correct the JSON: a trailing comma, a missing quote and a comment are the usual causes. The top of the file must be an object.

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