Added is_string_json_array func

2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/string-tick.c b/string-tick.c
index 66a54a1a9ec3..b916657c2ef6 100644
--- a/string-tick.c
+++ b/string-tick.c
@@ -93,4 +93,11 @@ void string_destroy(String** phString) {
 void pointer_alloc_check(void* alloced) {
     if (alloced == NULL)
         EXIT_MSG("alloc failed!")
+}
+
+int is_string_json_array(const String* pString) {
+    Json* jobj = json_tokener_parse(pString->data);
+    int formatted = jobj != NULL && json_object_is_type(jobj, json_type_array);
+    json_object_put(jobj);
+    return formatted;
 }
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diff --git a/string-tick.h b/string-tick.h
index 9ec763819b34..c360eba124a1 100644
--- a/string-tick.h
+++ b/string-tick.h
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
 #include <ctype.h>
+#include <json-c/json_tokener.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 
 typedef struct string {
@@ -103,4 +104,11 @@ void string_destroy(String** phString);
  */
 void pointer_alloc_check(void* alloced);
 
+/**
+ * Returns 1 if the given String is JSON formatted.
+ * @param pString the String to check
+ * @return 1 if JSON formatted, 0 otherwise
+ */
+int is_string_json_array(const String* pString);
+
 #endif
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