ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded

[traceyvanp]

Why am I getting this ValueError?

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "slackbotExercise.py", line 283, in
main()
File "slackbotExercise.py", line 267, in main
bot = Bot()
File "slackbotExercise.py", line 25, in init
self.setConfiguration()
File "slackbotExercise.py", line 55, in setConfiguration
settings = json.load(f)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/json/init.py", line 290, in load
**kw)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/json/init.py", line 338, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 365, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 383, in raw_decode
raise ValueError("No JSON object could be decoded")
ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded

[stefan814]

@traceyvanp, was this issue ever fixed? I'm having the same problem now.

[traceyvanp]

It's been a while and not using it anymore, but I think I remember solving it by installing and running it on the next version up of Python.