What are some common mistakes that lead to the 'SyntaxError: Unexpected token in JSON at position 0' error when working with API responses?

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What are some common mistakes that lead to the 'SyntaxError: Unexpected token in JSON at position 0' error when working with API responses?
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Common mistakes include: receiving HTML instead of JSON from an API (e.g., due to an authentication error), receiving incomplete JSON (API timed out or returned partial data), or encountering a server error that returns an error message as plain text instead of JSON.