def processPayload()

in tools/invoke.py [0:0]

• 13 lines of code
• 5 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def processPayload(payload):
    if payload and os.path.exists(payload):
        with open(payload) as fp:
            return json.load(fp)
    try:
        d = json.loads(payload if payload else '{}')
        if isinstance(d, dict):
            return d
        else:
            raise
    except:
        print('payload must be a JSON object.')
        sys.exit(-1)