Add test for better error message for bad JSON

When we pass invalid JSON we should get a sensible message. https://www.pivotaltracker.com/story/show/69911234
alphagov · May 8, 2014 · 04177a5 · 04177a5
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@@ -61,3 +61,14 @@ Feature: the performance platform write api
          then I should get back a status of "200"
           and the stored data should contain "3" "_week_start_at" on "2013-03-11"
           and the stored data should contain "2" "_week_start_at" on "2013-03-18"
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+    Scenario: posting invalid JSON to a data-set
+        Given I have JSON data '{borked!}'
+          and I have a data_set named "data_with_times" with settings
+            | key        | value   |
+            | data_group | "group" |
+            | data_type  | "type"  |
+          and I use the bearer token for the data_set
+         when I POST to the specific path "/data/group/type"
+         then I should get back a status of "400"
+         and I should get back the message "Invalid JSON: "ValueError: Expecting property name: line 1 column 1 (char 1)""