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rOACCT/node_modules/parse-json
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parse-json
parse-json
readme.md
readme.md
parse-json
Parse JSON with more helpful errors
Install
$ npm install parse-json
Usage
js const parseJson = require('parse-json'); const json = '{\n\t"foo": true,\n}'; JSON.parse(json); /* undefined:3 } ^ SyntaxError: Unexpected token } */ parseJson(json); /* JSONError: Unexpected token } in JSON at position 16 while parsing near '{ "foo": true,}' 1 | { 2 | "foo": true, > 3 | } | ^ */ parseJson(json, 'foo.json'); /* JSONError: Unexpected token } in JSON at position 16 while parsing near '{ "foo": true,}' in foo.json 1 | { 2 | "foo": true, > 3 | } | ^ */ // You can also add the filename at a later point try { parseJson(json); } catch (error) { if (error instanceof parseJson.JSONError) { error.fileName = 'foo.json'; } throw error; } /* JSONError: Unexpected token } in JSON at position 16 while parsing near '{ "foo": true,}' in foo.json 1 | { 2 | "foo": true, > 3 | } | ^ */
API
parseJson(string, reviver?, filename?)
Throws a JSONError when there is a parsing error.
string
Type: string
reviver
Type: Function
Prescribes how the value originally produced by parsing is transformed, before being returned. See [JSON.parse docs](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/parse#Using_the_reviver_parameter ) for more.
filename
Type: string
Filename displayed in the error message.
parseJson.JSONError
Exposed for instanceof checking.
fileName
Type: string
The filename displayed in the error message.
codeFrame
Type: string
The printable section of the JSON which produces the error.
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