Proper way to catch exception from JSON.parse

javascript xmlhttprequest
prostock picture prostock · Dec 17, 2010 · Viewed 247k times · Source

I’m using JSON.parse on a response that sometimes contains a 404 response. In the cases where it returns 404, is there a way to catch an exception and then execute some other code?

data = JSON.parse(response, function (key, value) {
    var type;
    if (value && typeof value === 'object') {
        type = value.type;
        if (typeof type === 'string' && typeof window[type] === 'function') {
            return new(window[type])(value);
        }
    }
    return value;
});

Answer

UltraInstinct picture UltraInstinct · Dec 17, 2010

i post something into an iframe then read back the contents of the iframe with json parse...so sometimes it's not a json string

Try this:

if(response) {
    try {
        a = JSON.parse(response);
    } catch(e) {
        alert(e); // error in the above string (in this case, yes)!
    }
}

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