a bit of cleanup and improved JSON handling/error reporting
a bit of cleanup and improved JSON handling/error reporting

Signed-off-by: George K. Thiruvathukal <97f75e7847f9d781491c82d5a21e2f28eba950b0@cs.luc.edu>

LoyolaChicagoCode/literalinclude-service-python,LoyolaChicagoCode/literalinclude-service-python