identify if string value of json is of dataset or string code example

Example 1: javascript check if string is json parsable

var isJsonParsable = string => {
    try {
        JSON.parse(string);
    } catch (e) {
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}

Example 2: if json then parse

function isJson(str) {
    try {
        let value = JSON.parse(str);
      	return value
    } catch (e) {
        return str;
    }
}