Functionality to Detect JSON in Shareable URL

[segun-codes]

Fixes #1330

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[segun-codes]

Hi @jywarren, using another approach, I resolved the issue of long commit history you mentioned in PR #1331 with this new PR. This latest approach will be used going forward. You may now want to re-consider merging this PR, many thanks!