diff --git a/src/ce_common.pas b/src/ce_common.pas
index 0dd66683..178b3968 100644
--- a/src/ce_common.pas
+++ b/src/ce_common.pas
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ uses
   {$IFNDEF CEBUILD}
   forms,
   {$ENDIF}
-  LazFileUtils, process, asyncprocess, ghashmap, ghashset, LCLIntf, strutils;
+  LazFileUtils, process, asyncprocess, ghashmap, ghashset, LCLIntf, strutils,
+  xfpjson;
 
 const
   exeExt = {$IFDEF WINDOWS} '.exe' {$ELSE} ''   {$ENDIF};
@@ -89,6 +90,12 @@ type
     function strictText: string;
   end;
 
+  TJSONObjectHelper = class helper for TJSONObject
+    function findObject(const key: TJSONStringType; out value: TJSONObject): boolean;
+    function findArray(const key: TJSONStringType; out value: TJSONArray): boolean;
+    function findAny(const key: TJSONStringType; out value: TJSONData): boolean;
+  end;
+
   (**
    *  TProcess with assign() 'overriden'.
    *)
@@ -467,6 +474,43 @@ begin
   setLength(result, result.length - self.LineBreak.length);
 end;
 
+
+function TJSONObjectHelper.findObject(const key: TJSONStringType; out value: TJSONObject): boolean;
+var
+  v: TJSONData;
+begin
+  v := self.Find(key);
+  if v.isNotNil then
+  begin
+    result := v.JSONType = jtObject;
+    if result then
+      value := TJSONObject(v);
+  end
+  else
+    result := false;
+end;
+
+function TJSONObjectHelper.findArray(const key: TJSONStringType; out value: TJSONArray): boolean;
+var
+  v: TJSONData;
+begin
+  v := self.Find(key);
+  if v.isNotNil then
+  begin
+    result := v.JSONType = jtArray;
+    if result then
+      value := TJSONArray(v);
+  end
+  else
+    result := false;
+end;
+
+function TJSONObjectHelper.findAny(const key: TJSONStringType; out value: TJSONData): boolean;
+begin
+  value := self.Find(key);
+  result := value.isNotNil;
+end;
+
 procedure TProcessEx.Assign(value: TPersistent);
 var
   src: TProcess;