From 43a4aba035a7abd1e1b06469520249ee984a5f52 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Muhammad Azeez <muhammad@dylibso.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 16:03:10 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] feat: show text representation when json parsing fails

---
 index.ts | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/index.ts b/index.ts
index bac81d2..518daa2 100644
--- a/index.ts
+++ b/index.ts
@@ -34,7 +34,12 @@ export class MemoryView extends DataView {
 
   // Get the JSON representation of a value stored in Extism memory
   json(): any {
-    return JSON.parse(this.text());
+    try {
+      return JSON.parse(this.text());
+    } catch (e) {
+      const text = this.text();
+      throw new Error(`Failed to parse JSON: ${text}. Error: ${e.message}`);
+    }
   }
 
   // Get the string representation of a value stored in Extism memory