How to stop json.Marshal from escaping < and>?

Question

package main

import \"fmt\"
import \"encoding/json\"

type Track struct {
    XmlRequest string `json:\"xmlRequest\"`
}

func main() {
    message := new(Track)
            


        

Answer 1

In Go1.7 the have added a new option to fix this:

encoding/json: add Encoder.DisableHTMLEscaping This provides a way to disable the escaping of <, >, and & in JSON strings.

The relevant function is

func (*Encoder) SetEscapeHTML

That should be applied to a Encoder.

enc := json.NewEncoder(os.Stdout)
enc.SetEscapeHTML(false)

Simple example: https://play.golang.org/p/SJM3KLkYW-