I have JSON from my server which -

{"canApprove": true, "hasDisplayed": false} 

I can parse JSON like this -

var msg = JSON.parse ('{"canApprove": true, "hasDisplayed": false}');
warning (msg.canApprove); // shows true.

In my ajax response function, I caught the exact same json specified previously as the parameter of the jsonObject method -

// response function
function (jsonObject) {

  // here jsonObject contains the same json - {"canApprove": true, "hasDisplayed": false}
  // But without the surrounding single quote
  // I confirmed this by looking at the server side log.

  var msg = JSON.parse (jsonObject); // this gives an error

}

But now I got the following error -

SyntaxError: JSON.parse: unexpected character at line 1 column 2 of JSON data

Can anyone tell me why I am getting this error?