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+unit httpjson;
+
+{$mode ObjFPC}{$H+}
+
+interface
+
+uses
+  Classes, SysUtils, httpdefs, fpjson;
+
+Type
+
+  { THTTPJSONResponseHelper }
+
+  THTTPJSONResponseHelper = Class helper for TResponse
+  Private
+    function GetJSONArray: TJSONArray;
+    function GetJSONObject: TJSONObject;
+    procedure SetJSONArray(AValue: TJSONArray);
+    procedure SetJSONContent(const AValue: TJSONData);
+    function GetJSONContent : TJSONData;
+    procedure SetJSONObject(AValue: TJSONObject);
+  Protected
+    Procedure ExceptionToJSON(aException: Exception; aJSON : TJSONObject);
+  Public
+    procedure SendExceptionJSON(aException: Exception; aElement: String='');
+    procedure SetContentFromJSON(const AValue: TJSONData; Formatted : Boolean = True);
+    // These set without formatting
+    Property ContentAsJSON : TJSONData Read GetJSONContent Write SetJSONContent;
+    // Convenience
+    Property ContentAsJSONObject : TJSONObject Read GetJSONObject Write SetJSONObject;
+    Property ContentAsJSONArray : TJSONArray Read GetJSONArray Write SetJSONArray;
+  end;
+
+  { THTTPJSONRequestHelper }
+
+  THTTPJSONRequestHelper = Class helper for TRequest
+  Private
+    function GetIsJSONContentType: Boolean;
+    function GetJSONArrayContent: TJSONArray;
+    function GetJSONContent : TJSONData;
+    function GetJSONObjectContent: TJSONObject;
+  Public
+    Function GetJSONContent(aIgnoreContentType : Boolean) : TJSONData;
+    Property ContentAsJSON : TJSONData Read GetJSONContent;
+    Property IsJSONContentType : Boolean Read GetIsJSONContentType;
+    Property ContentAsJSONObject: TJSONObject Read GetJSONObjectContent;
+    Property ContentAsJSONArray: TJSONArray Read GetJSONArrayContent;
+  end;
+
+
+
+implementation
+
+Resourcestring
+  SErrContentIsNotAJSONObject = 'Content is valid JSON but not an object';
+  SErrContentIsNotAJSONArray = 'Content is valid JSON but not an array';
+  SErrContentTypeIsNotJSON = 'Content-Type is not application/json';
+
+{ THTTPJSONRequestHelper }
+
+function THTTPJSONRequestHelper.GetJSONContent: TJSONData;
+begin
+  Result:=GetJSONCOntent(False);
+end;
+
+function THTTPJSONRequestHelper.GetJSONObjectContent: TJSONObject;
+Var
+  D : TJSONData;
+
+begin
+  D:=ContentAsJSON;
+  if D is TJSONObject then
+    Result:=D as TJSONObject
+  else
+    begin
+    D.Free;
+    Raise EConvertError.Create(SErrContentIsNotAJSONObject);
+    end;
+end;
+
+procedure THTTPJSONResponseHelper.SendExceptionJSON(aException: Exception; aElement : String = '');
+
+Var
+  EH : EHTTP absolute aException;
+  J,J2 : TJSONObject;
+
+begin
+  if ContentSent then // No point in continuing
+    exit;
+  if aException is EHTTP then
+    if EH.StatusCode<>0 then
+      begin
+      Code:=EH.StatusCode;
+      CodeText:=EH.StatusText;
+      end
+  else
+    begin
+    SetStatus(500);
+    end;
+  ContentType:='application/json';
+  J:=TJSONObject.Create;
+  try
+    if aElement='' then
+      J2:=J
+    else
+      begin
+      J2:=TJSONObject.Create;
+      J.Add(aElement,J2);
+      end;
+    ExceptionToJSON(aException,J2);
+    ContentAsJSONObject:=J;
+  finally
+    J.Free;
+  end;
+end;
+
+procedure THTTPJSONResponseHelper.SetContentFromJSON(const AValue: TJSONData; Formatted: Boolean);
+begin
+  ContentStream:=Nil;
+  if Formatted then
+    Content:=AValue.FormatJSON()
+  else
+    Content:=AValue.AsJSON;
+  ContentType:='application/json';
+end;
+
+function THTTPJSONRequestHelper.GetIsJSONContentType : Boolean;
+
+begin
+  Result:=SameText(ContentType,'application/json');
+end;
+
+function THTTPJSONRequestHelper.GetJSONArrayContent: TJSONArray;
+Var
+  D : TJSONData;
+
+begin
+  D:=ContentAsJSON;
+  if D is TJSONArray then
+    Result:=D as TJSONArray
+  else
+    begin
+    D.Free;
+    Raise EConvertError.Create(SErrContentIsNotAJSONArray);
+    end;
+end;
+
+function THTTPJSONRequestHelper.GetJSONContent(aIgnoreContentType: Boolean): TJSONData;
+
+Var
+  E : EHTTP;
+begin
+  if (Not aIgnoreContentType) and Not IsJSONContentType  then
+    begin
+    E:=EHTTP.Create(SErrContentTypeIsNotJSON);
+    E.StatusCode:=400;
+    E.StatusText:='BAD REQUEST';
+    Raise E;
+    end;
+  Result:=GetJSON(Self.Content);
+end;
+
+{ THTTPJSONResponseHelper }
+
+function THTTPJSONResponseHelper.GetJSONArray: TJSONArray;
+
+Var
+  D : TJSONData;
+
+begin
+  D:=ContentAsJSON;
+  if D is TJSONArray then
+    Result:=D as TJSONArray
+  else
+    begin
+    D.Free;
+    Raise EConvertError.Create(SErrContentIsNotAJSONArray);
+    end;
+end;
+
+function THTTPJSONResponseHelper.GetJSONObject: TJSONObject;
+
+Var
+  D : TJSONData;
+
+begin
+  D:=ContentAsJSON;
+  if D is TJSONObject then
+    Result:=D as TJSONObject
+  else
+    begin
+    D.Free;
+    Raise EConvertError.Create(SErrContentIsNotAJSONObject);
+    end;
+end;
+
+procedure THTTPJSONResponseHelper.SetJSONArray(AValue: TJSONArray);
+begin
+  SetJSONContent(aValue);
+end;
+
+procedure THTTPJSONResponseHelper.SetJSONContent(const AValue: TJSONData);
+begin
+  SetContentFromJSON(aValue,False);
+end;
+
+function THTTPJSONResponseHelper.GetJSONContent: TJSONData;
+begin
+  Result := GetJSON(Content);
+end;
+
+procedure THTTPJSONResponseHelper.SetJSONObject(AValue: TJSONObject);
+begin
+  SetJSONContent(aValue);
+end;
+
+procedure THTTPJSONResponseHelper.ExceptionToJSON(aException: Exception; aJSON: TJSONObject);
+begin
+  With aJSON do
+    begin
+    Add('exception',aException.ClassName);
+    Add('message',aException.Message);
+    if Not (aException is EHTTP) and (aException.HelpContext<>0) then
+      Add('code',aException.HelpContext);
+    end;
+end;
+
+
+end.
+