JSON Escape Unescape

JSON escaping is the process of converting special characters in a string to their JSON-safe escape sequences. According to the JSON specification (RFC 7159), certain characters must be escaped when they appear inside a JSON string: the double quote ("), backslash (\\), and control characters (U+0000 through U+001F).

For example, the string He said "Hello" becomes He said \"Hello\" when escaped for JSON. The tab character becomes \t, newline becomes \n, and carriage return becomes \r.

Common JSON Escape Sequences

1. Escape — Type or paste raw string content into the left panel, then click Escape to convert special characters to JSON-safe sequences.
2. Unescape — Type or paste escaped JSON string content into the right panel, then click Unescape to revert escape sequences to their actual characters.
3. Options — Toggle Escape forward slashes, Escape non-ASCII as \uXXXX, or Wrap output in quotes.
4. Swap & Clear — Click Swap to exchange escape/unescape values, Clear All to reset everything.

• API development — Escape string values before embedding them in JSON request/response bodies.
• Debugging JSON logs — Unescape escaped JSON in log files to read the actual content.
• Database storage — Ensure JSON strings stored in databases are properly escaped.
• Configuration files — Prepare string values with special characters for JSON config files.
• Data interchange — Properly escape text data when transferring between systems using JSON.