Function parseJsonArrayContent

scripts/update/processor.ts:26–45

* Parses a string containing JSON array content. * Handles JSON parsing errors and validates that the result is an array. * @param content The raw string content to parse. * @param sourceDescription A description of the content's source (e.g., filepath) for logging. * @returns The parsed data ar

(content: string, sourceDescription: string)

 * @returns The parsed data array, or an empty array if parsing fails or it's not an array.
 */
function parseJsonArrayContent(content: string, sourceDescription: string): any[] {
  if (!content || !content.trim()) {
    console.warn(`Content from ${sourceDescription} is empty or whitespace.`);
    return [];
  }
  try {
    const data = JSON.parse(content);
    if (Array.isArray(data)) {
      return data;
    }
    console.warn(`Data from ${sourceDescription} is not a JSON array. Treating as empty.`);
  } catch (err) {
    if (err instanceof SyntaxError) {
      console.error(`Error parsing JSON from ${sourceDescription}: ${err.message}.`);
    } else {
      console.error(`Unexpected error parsing JSON from ${sourceDescription}:`, err);
    }
  }
  return [];
}

/**
 * Reads and parses JSON content from a file path.