Does HTML need to be encoded when passed back in JSON?

Question

When passing HTML back through a response in JSON format, does it need to get encoded?

Answer 1

Check this out: http://forum.jquery.com/topic/passing-html-via-json

Answer 2

Simple answer "no" JSON does not need to be encoded when passed back in JSON. JSON object should be DIRECTLY parsable by a javascript engine. Check the following:

• JSON Standard

• JSON Lint

Answer 3

Yes. You would pass the HTML code in a string, so any quotation marks and backslashes in the code would have to be encoded.

Example:

<div onclick="alert('Line 1\nLine2');">show</div>

would be encoded into a string like this:

"<div onclick=\"alert('Line 1\\nLine2');\">show</div>"

and for example put in a JSON object representation like this:

{"html":"<div onclick=\"alert('Line 1\\nLine2');\">show</div>"}