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

I have tracked this issue for many years, and it is still not fixed. I believe Apple will never fix it for legacy reasons (it will break stuff).

The solution in Swift 4.2:

let fixedString = string.replacingOccurrences(of: "\\/", with: "/")

It will replace all \/ with /, and is safe to do so.