safe-json-parse

What is safe-json-parse?

The safe-json-parse npm package provides a safer way to parse JSON strings, handling errors gracefully and avoiding potential crashes due to malformed JSON.

What are safe-json-parse's main functionalities?

Safe Parsing with Default Value

This feature allows you to parse a JSON string safely. If the JSON is malformed, it returns a default value instead of throwing an error.

const safeJsonParse = require('safe-json-parse');
const jsonString = '{"key": "value"}';
const [err, result] = safeJsonParse(jsonString, { defaultValue: {} });
console.log(err); // null
console.log(result); // { key: 'value' }

Error Handling

This feature provides error handling by returning an error object if the JSON string is malformed, allowing you to handle the error gracefully.

const safeJsonParse = require('safe-json-parse');
const malformedJsonString = '{key: value}';
const [err, result] = safeJsonParse(malformedJsonString);
console.log(err); // Error: Unexpected token k in JSON at position 1
console.log(result); // undefined

Other packages similar to safe-json-parse

json-parse-safe

The json-parse-safe package provides a similar functionality by safely parsing JSON strings and returning a default value or an error object if the JSON is malformed. It is comparable to safe-json-parse in terms of error handling and default value support.

json5

The json5 package allows for more lenient JSON parsing, supporting a superset of JSON that includes additional features like comments and trailing commas. While it provides safe parsing, it is more feature-rich compared to safe-json-parse.

fast-json-parse

The fast-json-parse package focuses on performance and provides a fast way to parse JSON strings safely. It includes error handling similar to safe-json-parse but is optimized for speed.

README

safe-json-parse

Parse JSON safely without throwing

Example (callback)

var safeParse = require("safe-json-parse/callback")

safeParse("{}", function (err, json) {
    /* we have json */
})

safeparse("WRONG", function (err) {
    /* we have err! */
})

Example (tuple)

var safeParse = require("safe-json-parse/tuple")

var tuple1 = safeParse("{}")
var json = tuple1[1] /* we have json */

var tuple2 = safeparse("WRONG")
var err = tuple[0] /* we have err! */

var tuple3 = safeParse(something)
if (tuple3[0]) {
    var err = tuple3[0]
    // handle err
} else {
    var json = tuple3[1]
    // handle json
}

Installation

npm install safe-json-parse

Contributors

• Raynos

MIT Licenced