fastify-riotjs-and-lowdb/node_modules/parse-json

parse-json

Parse JSON with more helpful errors

Install

$ npm install parse-json

Usage

const parseJson = require('parse-json');
const json = '{\n\t"foo": true,\n}';


JSON.parse(json);
/*
undefined:3
}
^
SyntaxError: Unexpected token }
*/


parseJson(json);
/*
JSONError: Trailing comma in object at 3:1
}
^
*/


parseJson(json, 'foo.json');
/*
JSONError: Trailing comma in object in foo.json:3:1
}
^
*/


// You can also add the filename at a later point
try {
	parseJson(json);
} catch (err) {
	err.fileName = 'foo.json';
	throw err;
}
/*
JSONError: Trailing comma in object in foo.json:3:1
}
^
*/

API

parseJson(input, [reviver], [filename])

input

Type: string

reviver

Type: Function

Prescribes how the value originally produced by parsing is transformed, before being returned. See JSON.parse docs for more.

filename

Type: string

Filename displayed in the error message.

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus