Method: #parse_data

Defined in:
lib/ugc/helpers/parse.rb

#parse_data(input) ⇒ Object

returns a json string



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# File 'lib/ugc/helpers/parse.rb', line 31

def parse_data(input)
  return unless input
  # must be wrapped in {}
  input = "{#{input}}" unless input.start_with? '{' or input.start_with? '['
  # must be a json string or 1.9 hash format
  begin
    MultiJson.dump(eval(input))
  rescue SyntaxError
    input
  end
end