2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/lib/vty.c b/lib/vty.c
index 76dfe9734e..1854abb0bf 100644
--- a/lib/vty.c
+++ b/lib/vty.c
@@ -297,6 +297,13 @@ int vty_json_no_pretty(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json)
 	return vty_json_helper(vty, json, JSON_C_TO_STRING_NOSLASHESCAPE);
 }
 
+void vty_json_empty(struct vty *vty)
+{
+	json_object *json = json_object_new_object();
+
+	vty_json(vty, json);
+}
+
 /* Output current time to the vty. */
 void vty_time_print(struct vty *vty, int cr)
 {
diff --git a/lib/vty.h b/lib/vty.h
index b8c677e354..3cab9590f1 100644
--- a/lib/vty.h
+++ b/lib/vty.h
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ extern bool vty_set_include(struct vty *vty, const char *regexp);
  */
 extern int vty_json(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json);
 extern int vty_json_no_pretty(struct vty *vty, struct json_object *json);
-
+extern void vty_json_empty(struct vty *vty);
 /* post fd to be passed to the vtysh client
  * fd is owned by the VTY code after this and will be closed when done
  */