title: JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1
body: <p>I am receiving this error in Python 3.5.1.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Here is my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import json
  import urllib.request
  
  connection = urllib.request.urlopen('http://python-data.dr-chuck.net/comments_220996.json')
  
  js = connection.read()
  
  print(js)
  
  info = json.loads(str(js))
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/sfOl3.png" rel="noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/sfOl3.png" alt="image"></a></p>