Unexpected token API error

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I’m trying to use Python to create a note from an email received. Creating the note works with:

curl_command = 'curl --data \'{ "title": "' + sUB + '", "body": "' + Final_body + '", "parent_id": "' + joplin_inbox_folder + '" }\' http://localhost:41184/notes?token=' + joplin_token
os.system(curl_command)

if Final_body just contains a simple piece of text that I’ve inserted into it. But if I use a real email the note isn’t created and log_clipper.txt shows:

2019-06-07 16:31:39: "Request: POST /notes?token=[my joplin token]"
2019-06-07 16:31:39: "SyntaxError: Unexpected token 
 in JSON at position 75
SyntaxError: Unexpected token 
 in JSON at position 75
    at JSON.parse (<anonymous>)
    at Api.action_notes (/tmp/.mount_JoplinAvIN0i/resources/app/lib/services/rest/Api.js:362:29)
    at Api.route (/tmp/.mount_JoplinAvIN0i/resources/app/lib/services/rest/Api.js:120:42)
    at execRequest (/tmp/.mount_JoplinAvIN0i/resources/app/lib/ClipperServer.js:147:39)
    at IncomingMessage.request.on (/tmp/.mount_JoplinAvIN0i/resources/app/lib/ClipperServer.js:190:8)
    at IncomingMessage.emit (events.js:182:13)
    at endReadableNT (_stream_readable.js:1092:12)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19)"

Sometimes the Python program also says Unexpected token \n in JSON at position 75

I’m not a Python programmer and know very little about Ubuntu, where I’m running this, but if anyone has the time to point me in the right direction I’d appreciate it.

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You can just use curl

curl --data '{ "title": "test2 title", "body": "test2 body", "parent_id": "id grab fom the folders list" }' http://localhost:41184/notes?token=<the token found in the webclipper config page>

if you really want to use python, avoid os.system and try https://3.python-requests.org/

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Thanks, but I think I need to use Python as that’s how I’m getting the email messages using POP3.

Not using Python, on the command line, this works (with \n):

curl --data ‘{ “title”: “This is the title”, “body”: “This is \nthe body”, “parent_id”: “ff1adf379ebd43d092b0e008580a6402” }’ http://localhost:41184/notes?token= ```

In Python, without \n, this works:

test_body = “This is the body.”
params = ((‘token’, joplin_token),)
data = ‘{“title”: "’ + sUB + ‘", “body”: "’ + test_body + ‘", “parent_id”: "’ + joplin_inbox_folder + ‘" }’
response = requests.post(‘http://localhost:41184/notes’, params=params, data=data)

But with

test_body = “This is \nthe body.”

it doesn’t work.

Looks like it’s something to do with Python, or the way I’m using it.

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I use python requests extensively with the joplin api, you should definitely check out the link @foxmask.