spring:escapeBody results in invalid JSON

Question

I am attempting to escape a string in a JSP to return valid JSON on an AJAX call however the spring:escapeBody tag is not correctly escaping single quotes for JSON. Valid JSON s

Answer 1

The Javascript Object Notation specification states that

Any character may be escaped.

As such,

{
    "status": "success",
    "body" : "if you don\'t have \"user\" an account"
}

is valid JSON.

If you need to create really custom text, you'll need to generate it yourself in a controller handler method or other component.

Ideally, you would use a @ResponseBody annotated method with a POJO that represents your status/body JSON object.