allow any json_request to return plain text

diff --git a/api.coffee b/api.coffee
index 3108f4f..318531f 100644 (file)
--- a/api.coffee
+++ b/api.coffee
@@ -135,6 +135,8 @@ request = (method, path, content_type, data, token, callback) ->
                                req.end()
                ], callback
 
+# send json
+# try parsing result as json, and fall back to returning string
 json_request = (method, path, data, token, callback) ->
        if data?
                data = JSON.stringify data
@@ -145,7 +147,8 @@ json_request = (method, path, data, token, callback) ->
                try
                        callback null, JSON.parse(response)
                catch error
-                       callback "Error: AF server returned invalid JSON for #{method} to #{path}: \"#{response}\""
+                       # some api calls return plain text
+                       callback null, response
 
 json_get = (path, token, callback) ->
        json_request 'GET', path, null, token, callback