Question

JSON.stringify is converting my json object to the following string

{\”2003\”:{\”1\”:{\”2\”:[\”test\”],\”3\”:[\”test2\”]}}}

When it should not be escaped. The result should be as the string quoted below

{“2003”:{“1”:{“2”:[“test”],”3″:[“test2”]}}}

Rather than use a general replace of all the escaped quotes and remove ones that could be in the input. How can I set JSON.stringify to not double escape the variables?

Answer 1

You are stringifying a string, not an object:

var str = '{"2003":{"1":{"2":["test"],"3":["test2"]}}}';
var obj = {"2003":{"1":{"2":["test"],"3":["test2"]}}};

console.log( JSON.stringify(str) );  // {\"2003\":{\"1\":{\"2\":[\"test\"],\"3\":[\"test2\"]}}} 
console.log( JSON.stringify(obj) );  // {"2003":{"1":{"2":["test"],"3":["test2"]}}}