Python error load JSON code of google API

Question

I am using google geocode API to test the following Python3.5 code but receive the error below.

raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err

Answer 1

Look at the error:

"raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None

JSONDecodeError: Expecting value"

It's saying I got a None when I was supposed to get something.

Check your data variable for None before calling the json.loads().

if data == None or data == '':
  print('I got a null or empty string value for data in a file')
else:
  js = json.loads(str(data))