i have a dictionary when i pass it over simplejson.dumps(dict) the json output has put some sort of encoding on a string url?
"link": "http:\/\/www.mydomain.com"
How can i stop this?
Im using app engine simplejson.
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I don't see a problem with this. This encoding for the forward slash is perfectly valid. If the other side can't decode this then it's their JSON library that is broken.
Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
2010-05-20 07:59:58
Hmmm - Ok so what you are saying is this encoding is perfectly acceptable - so can i ask why the twitter api doesn't use these backslashes in their json output>
spidee
2010-05-20 08:14:09
The JSON specification says you can escape a forward slash, but it doesn't actually say you must escape it. So either is correct (but a JSON decoder must accept both). See http://www.json.org/ A string can contain any unicode character unescaped except " \ or a control character (so that includes /), and \ may be followed by a variety of things including /
Duncan
2010-05-20 15:15:47