Allow any payloads for NOTIFY, not just json

resolves #2
kabirbaidhya · Jul 11, 2016 · af66045 · af66045
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commit af66045
Showing 1 changed file with 8 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/src/Listener.js b/src/Listener.js
@@ -34,13 +34,18 @@ class Listener {
  // this.listenTo(client, channels);
  }
 
+ /**
+ * Parses the payload and returns it.
+ * If it's a valid json, parse it and return the decoded object.
+ * Otherwise, just return the payload string as it is.
+ *
+ * @returns {object|string}
+ */
  parsePayload(str) {
  try {
  return JSON.parse(str);
  } catch (e) {
- throw new Error(
- 'Error parsing the JSON payload. NOTIFY payload should be a valid JSON.' + dim(str)
- );
+ return str;
  }
  }