From 38483a40294aaf5bf779d607c71dec463264a312 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: knidarkness <knidarkness@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2019 12:50:38 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] added try/catch for JSON parsing and fail fast approach if
 JSON is invalid

---
 cli/index.ts | 13 +++++++++----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cli/index.ts b/cli/index.ts
index 5c02a6f3..7bb27bb2 100644
--- a/cli/index.ts
+++ b/cli/index.ts
@@ -357,8 +357,13 @@ function handleError(error: Error) {
 }
 
 function getObjectOrJSON(options) {
-  return options && typeof options === 'string' 
-        ? JSON.parse(options) : options
-        ? options
-        : {};
+  try {
+    return options && typeof options === 'string' 
+    ? JSON.parse(options) : options
+    ? options
+    : {};
+  } catch (e) {
+    console.log(`Encountered error:\n${options}\nis not a valid JSON.`);
+    handleError(e);
+  }
 }