From 1c94ed6063c6fc24a3f1cf175ed6abfcda7e5689 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Richard Hansen <rhansen@rhansen.org>
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2024 18:49:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] dnsexit2: Check for JSON object, not just truthiness

---
 ddclient.in | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/ddclient.in b/ddclient.in
index a6b3f7f..a5de3c1 100755
--- a/ddclient.in
+++ b/ddclient.in
@@ -4028,8 +4028,8 @@ sub dnsexit2_update_host {
     }
     (my $body = $reply) =~ s/^.*?\r?\n\r?\n//s;
     my $response = eval { decode_json($body); };
-    if (!$response) {
-        failed("$h: failed to parse response: $@");
+    if (ref($response) ne 'HASH') {
+        failed("$h: response is not a JSON object:\n$body");
         return;
     }
     if (!defined($response->{'code'}) || !defined($response->{'message'})) {