how2/lib/stackexchange/parser.js

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const zlib = require('zlib');

/**
 * Parse the buffer, StackExchange promises to always deliver zipped content,
 * but since JSON parsing is required just wrap it in a try/catch.
 *
 * @param {Buffer} buffer response content
 * @param {Function} callback return results
 * @api private
 */
function parseBody(buffer, callback) {
  zlib
    .unzip(buffer, (error, body) => {
      try {
        callback(error, JSON.parse(body.toString()));
      } catch (error) {
        callback(error);
      }
    });
}

// Export functions
module.exports.parseBody = parseBody;