JSON issue while creating connector instance

[Manikandan21]

Subject of the issue

Getting A JSONObject text must begin with '{' at 1 [character 2 line 1] at org.json.JSONTokener.syntaxError(JSONTokener.java:505)
issue while creating a connector instances.

Your environment

Confluent Environment

Steps to reproduce

curl -s -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{  "name": "aep-sink-connector",  "config": {    "topics": "connect-test",    "tasks.max": 1,    "aep.flush.interval.seconds": 1,    "aep.flush.bytes.kb": 4,    "connector.class": "com.adobe.platform.streaming.sink.impl.AEPSinkConnector",    "key.converter.schemas.enable": "false",    "value.converter.schemas.enable": "false",    "aep.endpoint": "https://dcs.adobedc.net/collection/{DATA_INLET_ID}"  }}' http://localhost:8083/connectors

Expected behaviour

Instance should get created

Actual behaviour

ERROR [AEP-sink-dev-test|task-0] WorkerSinkTask{id=AEP-sink-dev-test-0} Task threw an uncaught and unrecoverable exception. Task is being killed and will not recover until manually restarted. Error: A JSONObject text must begin with '{' at 1 [character 2 line 1] (org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSinkTask:616)
org.json.JSONException: A JSONObject text must begin with '{' at 1 [character 2 line 1]
at org.json.JSONTokener.syntaxError(JSONTokener.java:505)
at org.json.JSONObject.(JSONObject.java:214)
at org.json.JSONObject.(JSONObject.java:357)
at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:195)
at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:195)
at java.base/java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(ArrayList.java:1655)
at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:484)
at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:474)
at java.base/java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp.evaluateSequential(ForEachOps.java:150)
at java.base/java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp$OfRef.evaluateSequential(ForEachOps.java:173)
at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.forEach(ReferencePipeline.java:497)
at com.adobe.platform.streaming.sink.impl.AEPPublisher.publishData(AEPPublisher.java:66)
at com.adobe.platform.streaming.sink.impl.AEPSinkTask.publishData(AEPSinkTask.java:50)
at com.adobe.platform.streaming.sink.AbstractSinkTask.publishAndLogIfRequired(AbstractSinkTask.java:144)
at com.adobe.platform.streaming.sink.AbstractSinkTask.put(AbstractSinkTask.java:112)
at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSinkTask.deliverMessages(WorkerSinkTask.java:584)
at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSinkTask.poll(WorkerSinkTask.java:334)
at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSinkTask.iteration(WorkerSinkTask.java:235)
at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSinkTask.execute(WorkerSinkTask.java:204)
at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerTask.doRun(WorkerTask.java:200)
at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerTask.run(WorkerTask.java:255)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)
[2023-01-24 21:05:15,670] ERROR [AEP-sink-dev-test|task-0] WorkerSinkTask{id=AEP-sink-dev-test-0} Task threw an uncaught and unrecoverable exception. Task is being killed and will not recover until manually restarted (org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerTask:207)
org.apache.kafka.connect.errors.ConnectException: Exiting WorkerSinkTask due to unrecoverable exception.
at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSinkTask.deliverMessages(WorkerSinkTask.java:618)
at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSinkTask.poll(WorkerSinkTask.java:334)
at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSinkTask.iteration(WorkerSinkTask.java:235)
at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSinkTask.execute(WorkerSinkTask.java:204)
at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerTask.doRun(WorkerTask.java:200)
at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerTask.run(WorkerTask.java:255)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:515)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:264)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1128)
at java.base/java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:628)
at java.base/java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:829)
Caused by: org.json.JSONException: A JSONObject text must begin with '{' at 1 [character 2 line 1]
at org.json.JSONTokener.syntaxError(JSONTokener.java:505)
at org.json.JSONObject.(JSONObject.java:214)
at org.json.JSONObject.(JSONObject.java:357)
at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:195)
at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline$3$1.accept(ReferencePipeline.java:195)
at java.base/java.util.ArrayList$ArrayListSpliterator.forEachRemaining(ArrayList.java:1655)
at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.copyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:484)
at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.wrapAndCopyInto(AbstractPipeline.java:474)
at java.base/java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp.evaluateSequential(ForEachOps.java:150)
at java.base/java.util.stream.ForEachOps$ForEachOp$OfRef.evaluateSequential(ForEachOps.java:173)
at java.base/java.util.stream.AbstractPipeline.evaluate(AbstractPipeline.java:234)
at java.base/java.util.stream.ReferencePipeline.forEach(ReferencePipeline.java:497)
at com.adobe.platform.streaming.sink.impl.AEPPublisher.publishData(AEPPublisher.java:66)
at com.adobe.platform.streaming.sink.impl.AEPSinkTask.publishData(AEPSinkTask.java:50)
at com.adobe.platform.streaming.sink.AbstractSinkTask.publishAndLogIfRequired(AbstractSinkTask.java:144)
at com.adobe.platform.streaming.sink.AbstractSinkTask.put(AbstractSinkTask.java:112)
at org.apache.kafka.connect.runtime.WorkerSinkTask.deliverMessages(WorkerSinkTask.java:584)

[OneCricketeer]

Seems like the data in the topic is not a JSON Object, but this parser will change with #54

[OneCricketeer]

The above PR has been merged, so this exception is no longer valid. Can you please try again?