how to prevent NSJSONSerialization from adding extra escapes in URL

Question

How do I prevent NSJSONSerialization from adding extra backslashes to my URL strings?

NSDictionary *info = @{@\"myURL\":@\"http://www.example.com/test\"};
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Answer 1

If your target is >= iOS 13.0, then just add .withoutEscapingSlashes to the options.

Example:

let data = try JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: someJSONObject, options: [.prettyPrinted, .withoutEscapingSlashes])

print(String(data: data, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8) ?? "")