How to parse JSON using Node.js? [closed]

Answer 1

Leverage Lodash's attempt function to return an error object, which you can handle with the isError function.

// Returns an error object on failure
function parseJSON(jsonString) {
   return _.attempt(JSON.parse.bind(null, jsonString));
}


// Example Usage
var goodJson = '{"id":123}';
var badJson = '{id:123}';
var goodResult = parseJSON(goodJson);
var badResult = parseJSON(badJson);

if (_.isError(goodResult)) {
   console.log('goodResult: handle error');
} else {
   console.log('goodResult: continue processing');
}
// > goodResult: continue processing

if (_.isError(badResult)) {
   console.log('badResult: handle error');
} else {
   console.log('badResult: continue processing');
}
// > badResult: handle error