From 12f54773f9243a9c45a75f14571d1657bb21c2d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Syed Ali Shahbaz <52925846+alishaz-polymath@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2022 12:43:47 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Adds safeParseJSON.ts file

---
 lib/helpers/safeParseJSON.ts | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lib/helpers/safeParseJSON.ts

diff --git a/lib/helpers/safeParseJSON.ts b/lib/helpers/safeParseJSON.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f86e8539e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/helpers/safeParseJSON.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+export default function parseJSONSafely(str: string) {
+  try {
+    return JSON.parse(str);
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.error((e as Error).message);
+    return {};
+  }
+}