web-ext: Show context and line numbers for JSON syntax errors
Is this a bug or feature request?
feature
What is the current behavior?
If you introduce a syntax error in your manifest.json (or in another JSON file), you will see an informative error pointing to the problem like this:
$ web-ext build -s extension/
Building web extension from /Users/kumar/dev/sound-control/extension
build: InvalidManifest: Error parsing manifest.json at /Users/kumar/dev/sound-control/extension/manifest.json: JSONError: Unexpected token 'p' at 49:4 in /Users/kumar/dev/sound-control/extension/manifest.json
"permissions": ["activeTab", "tabs"],
^
What is the expected or desired behavior?
This is helpful but I think the display should be enhanced to show a bit more context and to show line numbers. Maybe something like this:
$ web-ext build -s extension/
Building web extension from /Users/kumar/dev/sound-control/extension
build: InvalidManifest: Error parsing manifest.json at /Users/kumar/dev/sound-control/extension/manifest.json:
JSONError: Unexpected token 'p' at 49:4 in /Users/kumar/dev/sound-control/extension/manifest.json
43. "default": "Ctrl+Shift+K"
44. },
45. "description": "Go to the selected audible tab"
46. }
47. }
48.
49. "permissions": ["activeTab", "tabs"],
^
50.
51. "manifest_version": 2
About this issue
- Original URL
- State: open
- Created 8 years ago
- Comments: 16 (14 by maintainers)
I came across this a while back, thought it might be useful for this issue: https://github.com/babel/babel/issues/5064