add validation: modemlist is JSON structure

n0r1sk · Oct 19, 2015 · bf70635 · bf70635
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commit bf70635
Showing 1 changed file with 5 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/pid/pid.py b/pid/pid.py
@@ -296,8 +296,11 @@ def run(self):
 
         modemcfg = cfg.getvalue('modemlist', '[{}]', 'pid')
 
-        # convert json to list of dictionary entries
-        modemlist = json.loads(modemcfg)
+        try:
+            # convert json to list of dictionary entries
+            modemlist = json.loads(modemcfg)
+        except:
+            cfg.errorandexit("modemlist - not a valid JSON structure!")
 
         # check if modemcfg is set
         if 'modemid' not in modemlist[0]: