}

    /**
     * Certain requests should not have the shard failure check because the
     * format of the response is incompatible i.e. it is not a JSON object.
     */
    static shouldAddShardFailureCheck(String path) {
        return path.startsWith('_cat') == false && path.startsWith('_ml/datafeeds/') == false
    }

    /**
     * Converts Kibana's block quoted strings into standard JSON. These