# An error occurred: Unexpected token '\<', "\
### Author:  [@akshaymwf](https://community.openai.com/u/akshaymwf)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2023, 8:59am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/an-error-occurred-unexpected-token-doctype-is-not-valid-json/359906/1 "2023-09-08T08:59:34Z")
When i created an image generator website through open AI APi key all is done after generate image than coming this error "An error occurred: Unexpected token ‘\<’, "\
### Author:  [@novaphil](https://community.openai.com/u/novaphil)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2023, 9:17am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/an-error-occurred-unexpected-token-doctype-is-not-valid-json/359906/2 "2023-09-08T09:17:38Z")
Welcome to the forums. Can you share the code that you are using to generate the image?
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### Author:  [@akshaymwf](https://community.openai.com/u/akshaymwf)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/an-error-occurred-unexpected-token-doctype-is-not-valid-json/359906/3 "2023-09-08T09:29:17Z")
HTML Code
Generate Image
![Generated Image]()Download Image
javascript code
document.getElementById(“generate-button”).addEventListener(“click”, function() {
var prompt = document.getElementById(‘prompt’).value.trim();
var loading = document.getElementById(‘loading’);
var result = document.getElementById(‘result’);
var downloadLink = document.getElementById(‘download-link’);
```
if (prompt === '') {
alert('Please enter a prompt before generating an image.');
return;
}
loading.style.display = 'block';
result.style.display = 'none';
downloadLink.style.display = 'none';
fetch('generate_image.php', {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
},
body: 'prompt=' + encodeURIComponent(prompt)
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => {
loading.style.display = 'none';
result.style.display = 'block';
downloadLink.style.display = 'block';
result.src = data.choices[0].image; // Make sure the path is correct
downloadLink.href = data.choices[0].image; // Make sure the path is correct
})
.catch(error => {
loading.style.display = 'none';
alert('An error occurred: ' + error.message);
});
```
});
Php Code
function openai\_generate\_image() {
// Check if a prompt has been submitted
if (isset($\_POST[‘prompt’])) {
prompt = sanitize\_text\_field(\_POST[‘prompt’]);
```
// Validate the prompt (add more validation as needed)
if (empty($prompt)) {
wp_send_json_error('Please enter a prompt.');
}
// Your OpenAI API key
$api_key = 'Your Openai API'; // Replace with your actual API key
// API endpoint
$api_url = 'https://api.openai.com/v1/completions';
// Request data
$data = array(
'model' => 'image-alpha-001', // Replace with the correct DALL·E model name
'prompt' => $prompt,
'n' => 1
);
// Headers for the OpenAI API
$headers = array(
'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
'Authorization' => 'Bearer ' . $api_key
);
// Args for the WordPress HTTP API
$args = array(
'body' => json_encode($data),
'headers' => $headers,
'timeout' => 30
);
// Send the request to OpenAI
$response = wp_safe_remote_post($api_url, $args);
// Check for errors
if (is_wp_error($response)) {
wp_send_json_error('Error connecting to OpenAI: ' . $response->get_error_message());
}
// Get the API response
$body = wp_remote_retrieve_body($response);
$result = json_decode($body);
// Check for errors in the OpenAI response
if (empty($result->choices) || !isset($result->choices[0]->image)) {
wp_send_json_error('Image generation failed. Please try again.');
}
// Get the generated image URL
$image_url = $result->choices[0]->image;
// Send success response with the image URL
wp_send_json_success(array('image_url' => $image_url));
} else {
// No prompt submitted
wp_send_json_error('No prompt provided.');
}
```
}
// Add the AJAX action for generating images
add\_action(‘wp\_ajax\_openai\_generate\_image’, ‘openai\_generate\_image’);
add\_action(‘wp\_ajax\_nopriv\_openai\_generate\_image’, ‘openai\_generate\_image’);
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### Author:  [@novaphil](https://community.openai.com/u/novaphil)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2023, 9:33am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/an-error-occurred-unexpected-token-doctype-is-not-valid-json/359906/4 "2023-09-08T09:33:27Z")
GPT is not good at generating GPT API code because it didn’t exist before the training. You’ve got the wrong endpoint and API call. Take a look at the official API docs, they’re pretty short:
> **[OpenAI Platform](https://platform.openai.com/docs/guides/images/usage?lang=curl)**
>
> Explore developer resources, tutorials, API docs, and dynamic examples to get the most out of OpenAI's platform.
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### Author:  [@akshaymwf](https://community.openai.com/u/akshaymwf)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2023, 9:36am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/an-error-occurred-unexpected-token-doctype-is-not-valid-json/359906/5 "2023-09-08T09:36:15Z")
PLEASE Tell me main issue which code line can you highlight code are where error
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### Author:  [@novaphil](https://community.openai.com/u/novaphil)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2023, 9:48am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/an-error-occurred-unexpected-token-doctype-is-not-valid-json/359906/6 "2023-09-08T09:48:44Z")
> [@akshaymwf](#):
>
> ```auto
> // API endpoint
> $api_url = 'https://api.openai.com/v1/completions';
>
> // Request data
> $data = array(
> 'model' => 'image-alpha-001', // Replace with the correct DALL·E model name
> 'prompt' => $prompt,
> 'n' => 1
> );
>
> ```
That endpoint is for text not images. See the docs.
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### Author:  [@akshaymwf](https://community.openai.com/u/akshaymwf)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2023, 9:53am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/an-error-occurred-unexpected-token-doctype-is-not-valid-json/359906/7 "2023-09-08T09:53:39Z")
please provide me endpoint for image i have all concept clear but here i confused
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### Author:  [@novaphil](https://community.openai.com/u/novaphil)
#### Post date: [September 8, 2023, 9:56am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/an-error-occurred-unexpected-token-doctype-is-not-valid-json/359906/8 "2023-09-08T09:56:54Z")
Read the API documentation I linked earlier.
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### Author:  [@pierredutrout](https://community.openai.com/u/pierredutrout)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2024, 12:12am UTC](https://community.openai.com/t/an-error-occurred-unexpected-token-doctype-is-not-valid-json/359906/9 "2024-03-18T00:12:02Z")
Hello, I just tried to generate an outpainting frame on an image ON the openai website and got the same error in the info pop-up.