An extra character '\' is added while adding object to JSON String

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Below is my jsonString:

jsonString= {"date_of_birth":"17-2-1989 ","email_id":"[email protected]","fullname":"a","hp_id":"Wellcare","password":"a","phone_no":"12345","ss_no":"12345","username":"a"}

I wants to add "User" object to it

so I did this:

JSONObject jsonObj=new JSONObject();
jsonObj.put("User", jsonString);

but I am getting this:

{"User":"{\"date_of_birth\":\"17-2-2015 \",\"email_id\":\"[email protected]\",\"fullname\":\"a\",\"healthplan_provider_id\":\"Wellcare\",\"password\":\"a\",\"phone_no\":\"12345\",\"social_security_no\":\"12345\",\"username\":\"a\"}"}

An extra character '\' is added. So I want to remove it. Please help removing it.

Ravi K Thapliyal · Accepted Answer · 2015-02-17 15:22:12Z

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Don't add your JSON as a String. Add it as a JSONObject.

JSONObject jsonObj=new JSONObject();
jsonObj.put("User", new JSONObject(jsonString));

When you add it as a String, you lose the ability to query User properties via JSON methods. This is because the JSON parser now treats the complete object as a literal string and hence escapes all the quotes as well.

answered Feb 17, 2015 at 15:22

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Dale Wilson Over a year ago

Adding a little more explanation: Notice the quote immediately after the first colon. That's how you can tell that the entire object is being added as a single string. The '\'s are there to allow that string to contain embedded quotes.

Gorcyn Over a year ago

(plus 1): If you put it as a String, JSONObject will escape it so another parser can read this "String".

amit pandya Over a year ago

Hi ravi, I am adding jsonobjects inside a list with a loop, will this work for me? because when i am using this its taking only last object value of jsonobject.

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