How to avoid backslash in java JSONObject before double quotes?

Question

I create some JSONObject using java classes. Lets call it MyJSONObject. It should be the inner String part of another JSON object. Like that:

[
    {
        "httpRequest": {...},
        "httpResponse": {
            "headers": {
                "content-type": [
                    "application/json"
                ]
            },
            "body": "MyJSONObject"
        }
]

The problem is when i try to put it as string using mapper.writeValueAsString(MyJSONObject) I receive all the quotes with backslash in console body :

[
    {
        "httpRequest": {...},
        "httpResponse": {
            "headers": {...},
            "body": "{\"key\":\"value\",\"key\":\"value\"}"
        }
]

instead of expected:

        "body": "{"key":"value","key":"value"}"

I tried to replace each quote by quote with backslash, using method replace("\"", "\\\"") to my string, but the result is even worse:

        "body": "{\\\"key\\\":\\\"value\\\",\\\"key":\\\"value\\\"}"

How can i just put my string avoid this backslashes?

Your "expected" version is invalid JSON. – Sotirios Delimanolis Nov 07 '20 at 01:26 — Sotirios Delimanolis, Nov 07 '20 at 01:26

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 07 '20 at 00:03

You can try with below approach which will give you expected result.

JSONObject subJson = new JSONObject(); subJson.put(“name”, “java”);

JSONObject parentJson = new JSONObject() parentJson.put(“company”, ”stack”); parentJson.put(“employees”, subJson);

System.out.print(“Final output - ” + parentJson.toString());

How to avoid backslash in java JSONObject before double quotes?

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