Caching of invalid JSON

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./grabber.py", line 61, in <module>
    main()
  File "./grabber.py", line 41, in main
    for n in node.get_children():
  File "/home/peter/Code/webdl/webdl/common.py", line 50, in get_children
    self.fill_children()
  File "/home/peter/Code/webdl/webdl/sbs.py", line 65, in fill_children
    for category_path, entry_data in category_and_entry_data:
  File "/home/peter/Code/webdl/webdl/sbs.py", line 83, in explode_videos_to_unique_categories
    for entry_data in all_video_entries:
  File "/home/peter/Code/webdl/webdl/sbs.py", line 74, in load_all_video_entries
    data = grab_json(url, 3600)
  File "/home/peter/Code/webdl/webdl/common.py", line 165, in grab_json
    doc = json.loads(text)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/json/__init__.py", line 338, in loads
    return _default_decoder.decode(s)
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 366, in decode
    obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
  File "/usr/lib/python2.7/json/decoder.py", line 382, in raw_decode
    obj, end = self.scan_once(s, idx)
ValueError: Expecting object: line 1 column 196608 (char 196607)

I saved the json file and tried some online validators and they're all saying the same sort of error:

The JSON input is NOT valid according to RFC 4627 (JSON specification). Unexpected End Of File position 196607: EOF

Not sure if webdl should be coded to handle crappy json, but if it gets it working again...perhaps it's useful.

Maybe we can just wait and see if sbs fixes it.

Also, the same bad json seems to work just fine on my Sony Bravia tv.

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