From 8efe50ad9901f821bdbc78d6c8a4e2897e890eeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Enfop <Platte79@gmx.net>
Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2016 13:53:56 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] manual event agent validate JSON field before form submit
 (#1728)

---
 .../agents/agent_views/manual_event_agent/_show.html.erb   | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/app/views/agents/agent_views/manual_event_agent/_show.html.erb b/app/views/agents/agent_views/manual_event_agent/_show.html.erb
index 1bc0f53d..154039d4 100644
--- a/app/views/agents/agent_views/manual_event_agent/_show.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/agents/agent_views/manual_event_agent/_show.html.erb
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@
       e.preventDefault();
       var $form = $("#create-event-form");
       var $status = $("#event-creation-status");
+      try{
+        JSON.parse($form.find("textarea").val());
+      }
+      catch(err){
+        alert ('Sorry, there appears to be an error in your JSON input. Please fix it before continuing.');
+        return false;
+      }
       $.ajax({
         url: $form.attr('action'),
         method: "post",