@@ -37,12 +37,16 @@ module Data.Aeson
3737 , decode'
3838 , eitherDecode
3939 , eitherDecode'
40+ , verboseDecode
41+ , verboseDecode'
4042 , encode
4143 -- ** Variants for strict bytestrings
4244 , decodeStrict
4345 , decodeStrict'
4446 , eitherDecodeStrict
4547 , eitherDecodeStrict'
48+ , verboseDecodeStrict
49+ , verboseDecodeStrict'
4650 -- * Core JSON types
4751 , Value(..)
4852 , Encoding
@@ -131,9 +135,14 @@ import Prelude.Compat
131135
132136import Data.Aeson.Types.FromJSON (ifromJSON)
133137import Data.Aeson.Encoding (encodingToLazyByteString)
134−import Data.Aeson.Parser.Internal (decodeWith, decodeStrictWith, eitherDecodeWith, eitherDecodeStrictWith, jsonEOF, json, jsonEOF', json')
138+import Data.Aeson.Parser.Internal
139+ ( decodeWith, decodeStrictWith
140+ , eitherDecodeWith, eitherDecodeStrictWith
141+ , verboseDecodeWith, verboseDecodeStrictWith
142+ , jsonEOF, json, jsonEOF', json')
135143import Data.Aeson.Types
136−import Data.Aeson.Types.Internal (JSONPath, formatError)
144+import Data.Aeson.Types.Internal (JSONPath, formatError, formatErrors)
145+import Data.List.NonEmpty (NonEmpty)
137146import qualified Data.ByteString as B
138147import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
139148
@@ -221,6 +230,35 @@ eitherDecodeStrict' =
221230 eitherFormatError . eitherDecodeStrictWith jsonEOF' ifromJSON
222231{-# INLINE eitherDecodeStrict' #-}
223232
233+eitherFormatErrors
234+ :: Either (NonEmpty (JSONPath, String)) a -> Either (NonEmpty String) a
235+eitherFormatErrors = either (Left . formatErrors) Right
236+{-# INLINE eitherFormatErrors #-}
237+
238+-- | Like 'decode' but returns one or more error messages when decoding fails.
239+verboseDecode :: (FromJSON a) => L.ByteString -> Either (NonEmpty String) a
240+verboseDecode = eitherFormatErrors . verboseDecodeWith jsonEOF ifromJSON
241+{-# INLINE verboseDecode #-}
242+
243+-- | Like 'decodeStrict' but returns one or more error messages when decoding
244+-- fails.
245+verboseDecodeStrict :: (FromJSON a) => B.ByteString -> Either (NonEmpty String) a
246+verboseDecodeStrict =
247+ eitherFormatErrors . verboseDecodeStrictWith jsonEOF ifromJSON
248+{-# INLINE verboseDecodeStrict #-}
249+
250+-- | Like 'decode'' but returns one or more error messages when decoding fails.
251+verboseDecode' :: (FromJSON a) => L.ByteString -> Either (NonEmpty String) a
252+verboseDecode' = eitherFormatErrors . verboseDecodeWith jsonEOF' ifromJSON
253+{-# INLINE verboseDecode' #-}
254+
255+-- | Like 'decodeStrict'' but returns one or more error messages when decoding
256+-- fails.
257+verboseDecodeStrict' :: (FromJSON a) => B.ByteString -> Either (NonEmpty String) a
258+verboseDecodeStrict' =
259+ eitherFormatErrors . verboseDecodeStrictWith jsonEOF' ifromJSON
260+{-# INLINE verboseDecodeStrict' #-}
261+
224262-- $use
225263--
226264-- This section contains basic information on the different ways to