# JSON to string transposing problem
**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/json-to-string-transposing-problem/108967
**Category:** Data
**Tags:** question, json
**Created:** [January 18, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/json-to-string-transposing-problem/108967 "2024-01-18T15:02:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Pascal\_Buhler](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Pascal_Buhler)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2024, 3:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/json-to-string-transposing-problem/108967/1 "2024-01-18T15:02:30Z")
i have this code and it gives me always a {} error. after this i wanna publish the code to string over a mqtt client.
```julia
LED = JSON.parse({"type": "led-ring", "payload": {"mode": 1, "duration": 10000, "speed": 100, "brightness": 255, "colors": ["0xFFFFFF", "0xFFFFFF", "0xFFFFFF"]}})
```
what am i doing wrong?
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### Author:  [@stevengj](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/stevengj)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2024, 3:32pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/json-to-string-transposing-problem/108967/2 "2024-01-18T15:32:58Z")
The input to `JSON.parse` should be a string. You aren’t passing a string, you are trying to input JavaScript syntax `{"type": "led-ring", …` directly into Julia, which won’t work. That is, you are confusing JSON _data_ with Julia _code_.
Try e.g.
```julia
LED = JSON.parse("""
{
"type": "led-ring",
"payload": {"mode": 1, "duration": 10000,
"speed": 100, "brightness": 255,
"colors": ["0xFFFFFF", "0xFFFFFF", "0xFFFFFF"]}
}
""")
```
to wrap your JSON input in a Julia string. (I’ve added some line breaks for readability.)
PS. Please read [PSA: how to quote code with backticks](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/psa-how-to-quote-code-with-backticks/7530)
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### Author:  [@Pascal\_Buhler](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Pascal_Buhler)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/json-to-string-transposing-problem/108967/3 "2024-01-19T06:13:07Z")
Thanks, i will try that 🙂
M.f.g. Pascal