var isJsonParsable = string => {
try {
JSON.parse(string);
} catch (e) {
return false;
}
return true;
}function isJson(str) {
try {
return JSON.parse(str);
} catch (e) {
return false;
}
}function isValidJSONString(str) {
try {
JSON.parse(str);
} catch (e) {
return false;
}
return true;
}
//usage
var personJSONString = '{"first_name":"Tony","last_name":"Hawk","age":31}';
if(isValidJSONString(personJSONString)){
//cool we are valid, lets parse
var person= JSON.parse(personJSONString);
}