I’m parsing JSON that is contained in an HTML element. Consider this markup: <div

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Asked: June 6, 20262026-06-06T11:09:58+00:00 2026-06-06T11:09:58+00:00

I’m parsing JSON that is contained in an HTML element.

Consider this markup:

<div id="1">
    {"string":["&quot;\u041a\u0410\u041a&quot;"]}
</div>

And this script:

var a = $.parseJSON($("#1").html())

This will return an error (“Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token \”), because the &quots are converted to "s by the html() method.

How can I make jQuery not parse HTML in this case? $.text() doesn’t work either. Or am I doing something terribly wrong?

EDIT: Note that the error will be displayed in the console only.

EDIT2: I need the JSON to be parsed and to create a JS object with it.

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-06T11:09:59+00:00

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I ended up escaping all the &s in the JSON server-side.

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