lexical error: inside a string, '\' occurs before a character which it may not

Question

I am using Amazon SDK to upload document to CloudSearch. The document is formatted into JSON. When I try to upload the data it gives me below error-

{ ["lexical error: inside a string, '\' occurs before a character which it may not.
          attern can be escaped with a \ some\ file will match a file 
                     (right here) ------^
 (near operation with index 1; document_id 14266553008620)"] }

I have used JSONLint to validate JSON file and it was successfullt validating.

Why could this be happening?

I don't know the answer but I'd guess replacing the single backslash with a double backslash (ie a literal backslash) might work. — Ryan, Dec 08 '15 at 05:38

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 11 '18 at 21:05

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Resolved by replacing the single backslash with a double backslash (ie a literal backslash).

answered Jul 11 '18 at 21:05

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