# JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0). Error from task 5.51 for the taiwan bankruptcy assignment y

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**Created:** [March 18, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jsondecodeerror-expecting-value-line-1-column-1-char-0-error-from-task-5-51-for-the-taiwan-bankruptcy-assignment-y/38466 "2026-03-18T14:17:18Z")
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### Author: ![DEON86](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f07891/32.png) [@DEON86](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/DEON86)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jsondecodeerror-expecting-value-line-1-column-1-char-0-error-from-task-5-51-for-the-taiwan-bankruptcy-assignment-y/38466/1 "2026-03-18T14:17:18Z")

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I keep getting the same error message for task 5.5.1 for the taiwan bankruptcy assignment.

it also says the file could be empty.

 ![Screenshot 2026-03-18 150622](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/uploads/jupyter/original/3X/a/d/ad5efe694a4a2b65089b3fe6d431208b60030c25.png)

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### Author: ![fomightez](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex031/user_avatar/discourse.jupyter.org/fomightez/32/495_2.png) [@fomightez](https://discourse.jupyter.org/u/fomightez)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/jsondecodeerror-expecting-value-line-1-column-1-char-0-error-from-task-5-51-for-the-taiwan-bankruptcy-assignment-y/38466/2 "2026-03-18T18:00:09Z")

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Other places to consult:

- [https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33984903/json-decoder-jsondecodeerror-expecting-value-line-1-column-1-char-0](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/33984903/json-decoder-jsondecodeerror-expecting-value-line-1-column-1-char-0)
- [JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16573332/jsondecodeerror-expecting-value-line-1-column-1-char-0)
- [json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0) - #6 by kid - ERPNext - Frappe Forum](https://discuss.frappe.io/t/json-decoder-jsondecodeerror-expecting-value-line-1-column-1-char-0/85244/6)

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Likely this is not a Jupyter issue, and therefore not pertinent to posting in this forum.  
I suspect if you ran this code directly with Python in the same environment & situation, not involving Jupyter, you’d encounter the same issue. As it is stated this is an assignment, the best persons to contact would be those who gave you the assignment. **We don’t have access to the file.** Next time you have something to post in the appropriate forum, please consider the next section…

For future reference, please see and follow [Getting good answers to your questions](https://discourse.jupyter.org/t/getting-good-answers-to-your-questions/1825) . That quick overview has a link at the bottom to [a thorough guide here’ How do I ask a good question?’](https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask) that is very suitable for forums like this one. Under the bold subheading ’ Help others reproduce the problem’ in bold it emphasizes \*\* **DO NOT post images of code, data, error messages, etc** \*. That section links to [‘Why should I not upload images of code/data/errors?’](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/285551/why-should-i-not-upload-images-of-code-data-errors/285557#285557) that should provide more detail of why your posted image is not very helpful. If it is too long you can post a significant portion here and put all of it in a Github gist or other code snipper sharing site and refer us to that for more information.