Java escape JSON String?

Question

I have the following JSON string that i am sending to a NodeJS server:

String string = \"{\\\"id\\\":\\\"\" + userID + \"\\\",\\\"type\\\":\\\"\" + methoden          


        

Answer 1

Apache Commons

If you're already using Apache commons, it provides a static method for this:

StringEscapeUtils.escapeJson("some string")

It converts any string into one that's properly escaped for inclusion in JSON

See the documentation here