"""Utility for handling response objects from microservice requests."""


def safe_decode_json(response, service_name):
    """Decode json response or return error response if no json is present.

    Args:
        response: http response object

    Returns:
        response_json (dict): parsed json response or error response
    """
    try:
        response_json = response.json()
    except ValueError:
        error_message = (
            'An error was encountered decoding response in {}'.format(
                service_name
            )
        )
        response_json = {
            'message': error_message,
            'status': response.status_code,
            'code': 'Error',
        }

    return response_json