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		CaliforniaKarl on May 6, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why does Google prepend while(1); to their JSON re... I haven't worked with JSON like that before. Do JSON parsers properly ignore the stuff Google puts in, or do you have to strip it out before parsing?

RKearney on May 6, 2017 [–]

In the very first stack overflow answer:

  > an AJAX request at mail.google.com
  > will have full access to the text content,
  > and can strip it away.

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