def _best_effort_json_extract()

in yourbench/utils/parsing_engine.py [0:0]

• 15 lines of code
• 9 McCabe index (conditional complexity)

def _best_effort_json_extract(full_text: str) -> list[str]:
    """
    Collect bracket-delimited substrings that might be valid JSON.
    Returns a list of candidates (which may be empty).
    """
    if not full_text or not isinstance(full_text, str):
        return []
    candidates = []
    try:
        pattern = r"([\[{].*?[\]}])"
        matches = re.findall(pattern, full_text, flags=re.DOTALL)
        for match_text in matches:
            if (match_text.startswith("[") and match_text.endswith("]")) or (
                match_text.startswith("{") and match_text.endswith("}")
            ):
                candidates.append(match_text.strip())
    except Exception as e:
        logger.debug(f"Error in best-effort JSON extraction: {e}")
    return candidates