Preserve unicode strings in python dictionary

Question

I am trying to preserve the unicode in dict here is the string looks like:

password = r"abc\3]xyz"
print(password)
output:
abc\3]xyz

But when I use the same variable in dict it's adding an escape character:

id_pass = { "id" : "username", "password" : password }
print(id_pass)
output:
{ u'id' : u'username', u'password' : u'abc\\3]xyz"' }

Expected:
{ u'id' : u'username', u'password' : u'abc\3]xyz"' }

I am not able to figure out a way.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 24 '19 at 16:18

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It's not changing the value of your string, it's merely printing its repr() value, which shows the escape value.

answered Apr 24 '19 at 16:18

brunns

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score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '19 at 16:19

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It looks like it's adding an escape character because if you pass it to repr(), which is what is displayed, an escape character is added in the visualization. Nothing is actually being changed.

answered Apr 24 '19 at 16:19

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But my authentication is failing I feel when I am doing a ``json.dumps(id_pass)`` it's adding extra ``\`` – Sridhar Sep 03 '19 at 16:05
``repr()`` gives me ``\\\\`` – Sridhar Sep 03 '19 at 16:11

Preserve unicode strings in python dictionary

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