Blockdata Errors?

Question

I have a /blockdata command that I'm using the latest snapshot as a test, but something very confusing is happening. By standards, this command:

blockdata ~ ~1 ~ {Text1: "{ text:\"[Say Hi]\", \"color\":\"dark_blue\",\"clickEvent\":\"{ action:run_command, value:\"/say hi\" }\"}"}

Should work. However, any time I try to use a blockdata command, I get:

[00:00:00] An unknown error occurred while attempting to perform this command

Answer 1

Assuming you're playing 1.9, you must use proper JSON syntax, in that all key names and string values must be surrounded in quotes. You are missing quotes for the text key, the action key/value, and the value key. You also have a stray quotation marks surrounding the brackets for clickEvent.

Fixed command:

/blockdata ~ ~1 ~ {Text1:"{\"text\":\"[Say Hi]\",\"color\":\"dark_blue\",\"clickEvent\":{\"action\":\"run_command\",\"value\":\"/say hi\"}}"}