From d337f663d960c3a33d0d2d8acb63531adb1729e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bob Mottram <bob@libreserver.org>
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2024 21:10:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Handle json decode error

---
 daemon.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/daemon.py b/daemon.py
index 927fda2d5..7e16a23d2 100644
--- a/daemon.py
+++ b/daemon.py
@@ -24212,7 +24212,14 @@ class PubServer(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
                     return
 
         # convert the raw bytes to json
-        message_json = json.loads(message_bytes)
+        try:
+            message_json = json.loads(message_bytes)
+        except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as ex:
+            self._400()
+            print('EX: json decode error ' + str(ex) +
+                  ' from POST ' + str(message_bytes))
+            self.server.postreq_busy = False
+            return
 
         fitness_performance(postreq_start_time, self.server.fitness,
                             '_POST', 'load json',