@stackline/parse-json

Parse JSON with more helpful errors.

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Current package version: 1.0.2

Why this package?

@stackline/parse-json is the Stackline-maintained distribution of parse-json@6.0.2. It is an independent continuation of parse-json; original authors and licenses remain credited below.

Compatibility

Installation

npm install @stackline/parse-json

Preserve existing imports and plugin resolution with an npm alias:

npm install parse-json@npm:@stackline/parse-json

Usage and API reference

Parse JSON with more helpful errors

Install

npm install @stackline/parse-json

Usage

import parseJson from '@stackline/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 for more.

filename

Type: string

The 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.

Credits and original authors

• Original project: parse-json.
• Sindre Sorhus.
• Stackline maintenance: Alexandro Paixao Marques and Stackline contributors.

Original copyright, license notices and contributor acknowledgements remain part of this distribution. Stackline maintenance does not replace authorship of the original work.

License

MIT. See the license and notice files in the repository.

Community and Links

• Stackline website
• GitHub projects
• npm packages
• Reddit community — r/Stackline
• Maintainer LinkedIn

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