My project should read a json file but generate a error - c++

Question

i have made a example for try the JsonCpp library.
I have included it in my project, the project content is this:
#include <cstdlib>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <json\value.h>
#include <json\json.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
Json::Reader reader; //for reading the data
Json::Value newValue; //for modifying and storing new values
Json::StyledStreamWriter writer; //for writing in json files
//opening file using fstream
ifstream file("items.json");
// check if there is any error is getting data from the json file
if (!reader.parse(file, newValue)) {
cout << reader.getFormattedErrorMessages();
exit(1);
}
cout << newValue["Category"] << endl;
file.close();
system("pause");
}
The json file name is items.json and its content is this:
{
"Category" : "Technical",
"Date" : "1 January 2021",
"Name" : "Java2Blog",
"first" : "Shishank",
"last" : "Jain"
}
But when i compile and run the project, it generate this error:
* Line 1, Column 1
Syntax error: value, object or array expected.
I have followed this guide: https://java2blog.com/json-parser-cpp/
this is my first time using json in a C ++ project

Answer 1

I have solved my problem.
The json file was already encoded in UTF-8, and the file path was correct.
I have changed my code like this:
#include <fstream>
#include <iostream>
#include <json\json.h>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
ifstream file;
file.open("items.json");
if (!file)
{
cout << "File non esiste" << endl;
}
else
{
Json::Reader reader; //for reading the data
Json::Value value; //for modifying and storing new values
reader.parse(file, value);
cout << value["Category"] << endl;
}
file.close();
system("pause");
}
I apologize to everyone for the inconvenience