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Escape JSON text

Why escape text in JSON?

Escaping JSON is necessary when you want to include special characters in a JSON string. JSON has specific rules for how certain characters must be represented to maintain valid syntax. For example, double quotes (") must be escaped with a backslash (\") because unescaped double quotes are used to delimit strings in JSON.

Examples of JSON escaping

Original text

This is a "JSON string" with special characters:
Backslash: Newline: 
Tab:	
Quotes: "Hello" and 'World'
Control chars: 

	
Unicode: 😀 ñ € 你好

Escaped text

This is a \"JSON string\" with special characters:\nBackslash: Newline: \nTab:\t\nQuotes: \"Hello\" and 'World'\nControl chars: \b\f\n\r\t\nUnicode: 😀 ñ € 你好

Common JSON escape sequences

Character	Escape Sequence	Description
"	\"	Double quote
\	\\	Backslash
/	\/	Forward slash
Backspace	\b	Backspace character
Form feed	\f	Form feed character
Newline	\n	Line feed character
Carriage return	\r	Carriage return character
Tab	\t	Tab character
Unicode character	\uXXXX	Unicode character (where XXXX is the hex code)

When to use JSON escaping

When creating JSON strings programmatically
When manually constructing JSON data that includes special characters
When preparing user input to be included in JSON data
When working with APIs that require JSON-formatted data
When storing text that contains control characters or quotes in JSON format

This tool uses JavaScript's built-in JSON.stringify() function to properly escape text according to the JSON specification. The result can be safely included as a string value in a JSON document.

Tip:

When working with JSON, always validate your JSON after escaping to ensure it's properly formatted. Invalid JSON can cause errors in applications that try to parse it.

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