From 7c908b0be227f441bb4d60832882829316e769a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keelan <crosskeelan@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2022 17:04:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] :sparkles: (Backend) tools.py updates

---
 server/services/tools.py | 13 ++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/server/services/tools.py b/server/services/tools.py
index b6b5d45c..31c9297b 100644
--- a/server/services/tools.py
+++ b/server/services/tools.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import json
+from latex2sympy2 import latex2sympy
 from datetime import datetime
 
 #this function converts a json file to a txt file (replacing duplicate backslashes with single ones)
@@ -35,4 +36,14 @@ def get_date_time_type(dt: datetime):
         "timezone": ""
     }
     # print(payload)
-    return payload
\ No newline at end of file
+    return payload
+
+def detectCorruptLatex(latexIn):
+    try:
+        latex2sympy(latexIn)
+        #print("passed latex test! "+ latexIn)
+        return True
+    except:
+        print("corrupt latex detected:" + latexIn)
+        return False
+    return False
\ No newline at end of file