Recover from bad JSON

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`JSON.parse` throws on broken text. A `try/catch` turns a crash into a useful message, which is what a form should show.

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const inputs = ['{"fee": 10000}', 'not json'];

for (const text of inputs) {
  try {
    const data = JSON.parse(text);
    console.log('Fee:', data.fee);
  } catch (error) {
    console.log('Bad input:', text);
  }
}

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const inputs = ['{"fee": 10000}', 'not json'];

for (const text of inputs) {
  try {
    const data = JSON.parse(text);
    console.log('Fee:', data.fee);
  } catch (error) {
    console.log('Bad input:', text);
  }
}

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