Lua

JSON Hex Encoding

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Let's say your JSON contains content that is hex encoded like this: \u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7

This example shows how to get the decoded string.

Lua

local chilkat = require("chilkat")

local s = "{ \"example\": \"\\u05d1\\u05d3\\u05d9\\u05e7\" }"

local json = chilkat.JsonObject.new()

local success = json:load(s)

-- When getting the member data, it is automatically decoded.
print("member data: " .. json:string_of("example"))

-- Output:
-- member data: בדיק

-- When getting the full JSON, it remains encoded. This is expected and intentional.
print("full JSON: " .. json:emit())

-- Output:
-- full JSON: {"example":"\u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7"}

-- To get the full JSON without the encoding, you can decode manually.
local sb = chilkat.StringBuilder.new()
json:emit_sb(sb)
-- The hex encoding used by JSON is utf-8.
sb:decode("json", "utf-8")

print(sb:get_as_string())

-- Output:
-- {"example":"בדיק"}