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+# json-parse-even-better-errors
+
+[`json-parse-even-better-errors`](https://github.com/npm/json-parse-even-better-errors)
+is a Node.js library for getting nicer errors out of `JSON.parse()`,
+including context and position of the parse errors.
+
+It also preserves the newline and indentation styles of the JSON data, by
+putting them in the object or array in the `Symbol.for('indent')` and
+`Symbol.for('newline')` properties.
+
+## Install
+
+`$ npm install --save json-parse-even-better-errors`
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+* [Example](#example)
+* [Features](#features)
+* [Contributing](#contributing)
+* [API](#api)
+ * [`parse`](#parse)
+
+### Example
+
+```javascript
+const parseJson = require('json-parse-even-better-errors')
+
+parseJson('"foo"') // returns the string 'foo'
+parseJson('garbage') // more useful error message
+parseJson.noExceptions('garbage') // returns undefined
+```
+
+### Features
+
+* Like JSON.parse, but the errors are better.
+* Strips a leading byte-order-mark that you sometimes get reading files.
+* Has a `noExceptions` method that returns undefined rather than throwing.
+* Attaches the newline character(s) used to the `Symbol.for('newline')`
+ property on objects and arrays.
+* Attaches the indentation character(s) used to the `Symbol.for('indent')`
+ property on objects and arrays.
+
+## Indentation
+
+To preserve indentation when the file is saved back to disk, use
+`data[Symbol.for('indent')]` as the third argument to `JSON.stringify`, and
+if you want to preserve windows `\r\n` newlines, replace the `\n` chars in
+the string with `data[Symbol.for('newline')]`.
+
+For example:
+
+```js
+const txt = await readFile('./package.json', 'utf8')
+const data = parseJsonEvenBetterErrors(txt)
+const indent = Symbol.for('indent')
+const newline = Symbol.for('newline')
+// .. do some stuff to the data ..
+const string = JSON.stringify(data, null, data[indent]) + '\n'
+const eolFixed = data[newline] === '\n' ? string
+ : string.replace(/\n/g, data[newline])
+await writeFile('./package.json', eolFixed)
+```
+
+Indentation is determined by looking at the whitespace between the initial
+`{` and `[` and the character that follows it. If you have lots of weird
+inconsistent indentation, then it won't track that or give you any way to
+preserve it. Whether this is a bug or a feature is debatable ;)
+
+### API
+
+#### <a name="parse"></a> `parse(txt, reviver = null, context = 20)`
+
+Works just like `JSON.parse`, but will include a bit more information when
+an error happens, and attaches a `Symbol.for('indent')` and
+`Symbol.for('newline')` on objects and arrays. This throws a
+`JSONParseError`.
+
+#### <a name="parse"></a> `parse.noExceptions(txt, reviver = null)`
+
+Works just like `JSON.parse`, but will return `undefined` rather than
+throwing an error.
+
+#### <a name="jsonparseerror"></a> `class JSONParseError(er, text, context = 20, caller = null)`
+
+Extends the JavaScript `SyntaxError` class to parse the message and provide
+better metadata.
+
+Pass in the error thrown by the built-in `JSON.parse`, and the text being
+parsed, and it'll parse out the bits needed to be helpful.
+
+`context` defaults to 20.
+
+Set a `caller` function to trim internal implementation details out of the
+stack trace. When calling `parseJson`, this is set to the `parseJson`
+function. If not set, then the constructor defaults to itself, so the
+stack trace will point to the spot where you call `new JSONParseError`.