minimalistic transformResponse for json response type

Author: Arminkhodaei

src/index.js

@@ -119,6 +119,19 @@ export default (function create(defaults) {
 		return overrides;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @private
+	 */
+	function transformResponse(data) {
+		if (typeof data === 'string') {
+			try {
+				data = JSON.parse(data);
+			}
+			catch (e) {}
+		}
+		return data;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Issues a request.
 	 * @public
@@ -184,7 +197,7 @@ export default (function create(defaults) {
 				? Promise.resolve(res.body)
 				: res[options.responseType || 'text']();
 			return withData.then((data) => {
-				response.data = data;
+				response.data = transformResponse(data);
 				return response;
 			});
 		});

test/index.test.js

@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ describe('redaxios', () => {
 		expect(res.data).toEqual({ hello: 'world' });
 	});
 
+	it('response should be parsed json', async () => {
+		const req = axios.get(jsonExample);
+		expect(req).toBeInstanceOf(Promise);
+		const res = await req;
+		expect(res).toBeInstanceOf(Object);
+		expect(res.status).toEqual(200);
+		expect(res.data).toBeInstanceOf(Object);
+	});
+
 	it('should issue POST requests', async () => {
 		const oldFetch = window.fetch;
 		try {