# ValueError: Unknown data format for file "data\\data.json"

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**Category:** Rasa Open Source\
**Created:** [July 17, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/valueerror-unknown-data-format-for-file-data-data-json/13060 "2019-07-17T12:16:49Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://forum.rasa.com/t/valueerror-unknown-data-format-for-file-data-data-json/13060/2 "2019-07-18T03:16:09Z")

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Seems like you guys have the exact problem, you may find the answer here. You json format is wrong.

> [@Getting error while training json data](http://forum.rasa.com/t/getting-error-while-training-json-data/11950/2):
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> Hi Prasanth, Your json file format is wrong, your {} arrangement has a missing pair or extra pair here and there. I’d recommend you using the md format of writing your nlu.md/data.json files. if you need to convert md file to json, you can use the following method in terminal usage: rasa data convert nlu [-h] [-v] [-vv] [–quiet] --data DATA --out OUT [-l LANGUAGE] -f {json,md} I formated your contents in this md file [help.md](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/uploads/rasa/original/2X/f/f98df1c6ab69dc8175e0dc537a55f86001d7d8a7.md) (248 Bytes) for Json format: { “rasa\_nlu\_data”: { “common\_exam…

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