title: Json Load - ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded
body: <p>Trying to load a file with json string, below is my code, it's working fine with other files but only issue with this file. checked in json lint also, no issues json string is valid.i tried all the solutions for other similar kind of questions but no luck</p>
  
  <pre><code>from jsonkeyvalue import find
  import json
  from xlutils.copy import copy 
  from xlrd import open_workbook
  from xlwt import easyxf
  
  rb = open_workbook('Login_updated.xls',formatting_info=True)
  r_sheet = rb.sheet_by_index(1)
  wb = copy(rb)
  w_sheet = wb.get_sheet(1)
  
  module  = ['Login','Dashboard']
  keyword = ['getText']
  
  
  
  with open('data_french.json') as data_file:    
    j = json.load(data_file)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  for row in range(r_sheet.nrows):    
    if((r_sheet.cell(row,0).value in module) &amp; (r_sheet.cell(row,3).value in keyword)):
      w_sheet.write(row,13, str(find(r_sheet.cell(row,4).value,j)))
  
  
  wb.save("Login_updated.xls")
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Error msg:</p>
  
  <pre><code>Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "C:\Users\vbabu\Desktop\Resource Bundle\getvaluefrmjson.py", line 18, in &lt;module&gt;
      j = json.load(data_file)
    File "C:\Python27\lib\json\__init__.py", line 290, in load
      **kw)
    File "C:\Python27\lib\json\__init__.py", line 338, in loads
      return _default_decoder.decode(s)
    File "C:\Python27\lib\json\decoder.py", line 366, in decode
      obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
    File "C:\Python27\lib\json\decoder.py", line 384, in raw_decode
      raise ValueError("No JSON object could be decoded")
  ValueError: No JSON object could be decoded
  [Finished in 0.7s with exit code 1]
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>JSON Sample:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{
      "app": {
          "Flower": {
              "label": {
                  "red_flower": "Nite queen",
                  "white_flower": "grce reward",
                  "green_flower": "Marigold",
                  "yellow_flower": "jasmine",
                  "blue_flower": "shoe flower",
                  "maroon_flower": "marigold"
              }
          },
          "title": {
              "initialLabel": "dl",
              "policyLabel": "pq",
              "advertiseLabel": "cp",
              "granitePage": "grace",
              "positonPage": "MuskVan",
          }
      }
  }
  </code></pre>