Include backslash in my test JSON - JavaScript

Question

I am testing an application where I wish to input some text into a textfield and see if the application accepts it or raises an error. I am using postman and reading from a json data file with my different entries.

I wish to include an entry like thisL

{
  "name": "namewith\test",
},

However using this I get an error:

Unexpected control character at 1:25

I have tried this:

{
  "name": "namewith\\test",
},

this:

{
  "name": "namewith\/test",
},

this

 {
    "name": "namewith'\'test",
 },

How can I include this backslash and not have it recognized as an escape character?

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19176024/how-to-escape-special-characters-in-building-a-json-string — mplungjan, Feb 21 '18 at 21:25

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 21 '18 at 21:27

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The correct way is \\

Your answer: { "name": "namewith\\test", },

should work. It works for me. Is there an object after this? That trailing comma could be a problem - unlike JS, JSON doesn't accept an extra comma at the end.

What error are you getting for this option.

answered Feb 21 '18 at 21:27

Kevin

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Yeah, must have been the trailing comma, working now! Thanks Kevin. – user1523236 Feb 21 '18 at 22:32

score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 21 '18 at 21:37

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May this idea help.

var customerData = document.getElementById("inputText").val();
var json = {
   name: customerData
}
var jsonString = JSON.stringify(json); //you get the content parsed

answered Feb 21 '18 at 21:37

toto

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Include backslash in my test JSON - JavaScript

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