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# parse-json
> Parse JSON with more helpful errors
## Install
``` $ npm install parse-json ```
## Usage
```js const parseJson = require('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](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/JSON/parse#Using_the_reviver_parameter ) for more.
#### filename
Type: `string`
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.
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