From 3bdebba21ecb90901839d7acceaa6f854a97670c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Syed Ali Shahbaz <52925846+alishaz-polymath@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2022 13:12:57 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Adds meaningful response for the API caller

---
 lib/helpers/safeParseJSON.ts | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/helpers/safeParseJSON.ts b/lib/helpers/safeParseJSON.ts
index f86e8539e0..3681e42273 100644
--- a/lib/helpers/safeParseJSON.ts
+++ b/lib/helpers/safeParseJSON.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ export default function parseJSONSafely(str: string) {
     return JSON.parse(str);
   } catch (e) {
     console.error((e as Error).message);
+    if ((e as Error).message.includes("Unexpected token")) {
+      return {
+        success: false,
+        message: `Invalid JSON in the body: ${(e as Error).message}`,
+      };
+    }
     return {};
   }
 }