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Escape text for a JSON string, or turn it back.
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JSON escape/unescape
Escape text for a JSON string
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JSON Escape and Unescape: what to know
JSON escape turns any text into a valid JSON string body: double quotes become \", backslashes become \\, and line breaks, tabs and other control characters become \n, \t and \u escapes. Unescape does the opposite, turning a JSON string value back into the original text with real line breaks and quotes.
It's handy whenever you need to put multi-line text, such as a SQL query, an HTML snippet, a certificate or a log message, inside a JSON document by hand, or when you're reading a JSON value full of \n and \" and want to see the text it represents. The rules come from the JSON specification (RFC 8259), so the result works in any JSON parser.
Characters outside ASCII, such as accented letters and emoji, don't need escaping in JSON encoded as UTF-8, so they're left as they are. Escaping the forward slash is optional in JSON, and isn't done here.
Popular uses
- Putting multi-line text into a JSON config or request body
- Reading escaped strings in logs and API responses
- Embedding HTML or SQL inside JSON test fixtures
- Preparing strings for environment variables that hold JSON
Tips for the best result
- Escape only the string content; the surrounding quotes are added when you place it in JSON.
- Seeing \\n instead of \n means the text was escaped twice.
- Windows line endings come out as \r\n; that's expected.
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