Catch exception in node during JSON.parse

Question

My node server dies when it is unable to parse JSON in the following line:

var json = JSON.parse(message);

I read this thread on how to catch exceptions in node, but I am still not sure what is the proper way to wrap a try and catch block around this statement. My goal is to catch the exception and log an error to the console, and of course keep the server alive. Thank you.

possible duplicate of proper way to catch exception from javascript method JSON.parse — L0j1k
– L0j1k, Commented Jul 15, 2014 at 16:19

ma11hew28 · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-27 17:56:48Z

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It's all good! :-)

JSON.parse runs synchronous and does not know anything about an err parameter as is often used in Node.js. Hence, you have very simple behavior: If JSON parsing is fine, JSON.parse returns an object; if not, it throws an exception that you can catch with try / catch, just like this:

webSocket.on('message', function (message) {
  var messageObject;

  try {
    messageObject = JSON.parse(message);
  } catch (e) {
    return console.error(e);
  }

  // At this point, messageObject contains your parsed message as an object.
}

That's it! :-)

edited Jun 27, 2015 at 17:56

ma11hew28

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answered Jan 18, 2013 at 4:01

Golo Roden

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3 Comments

Stephen Kuehl Over a year ago

Is this still valid or have things changed?

Pankaj Cheema Over a year ago

But I need to identify that this is exception is type of json parse @Golo Roden

user4945014 Over a year ago

@Pankaj Cheema Just use an if statement inside the catch block.

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