FormatException (FormatException: Unexpected character (at character 1) error flutter

Question

I'm making a postDetails page in Flutter and I've written a function that will list the comments for that post. It pulls data from database correctly (I'm debugging) but FormatException (FormatException: Unexpected character (in char 1) It gives error. işte kodum;

Future<void> getComments() async {
  var url = Uri.parse("http://172.30.182.148/uploads/getComments.php");
  var response = await http.post(url, body: {"post_id": widget.id});

  if (response.statusCode == 200) {
    var data = jsonDecode(response.body);
    setState(() {
      comments = List<String>.from(data['comment']);
    });
  } else {
    Fluttertoast.showToast(msg: "Yorumlar alınamadı");
  }
}

Answer 1

Please make sure that the json you received is correctly formatted (commas,quotation marks).

You can check that by printing the body of the response, right before trying to decode it, and check the result by using a json validator, like this one: https://jsonlint.com/