Sending quotes in REST api request

[Saquib Mohammed]

My requirement is to send the full text including any special characters from Incident task description in the json request. json Essentially, I need to escape any special character.

for example, if Description is - This is "Test"

then it should be sent like this in the json request - This is a \”Test\” 

How do I escape the special characters while setting up the request parameter for the json request

I tried setStringParameterNoEscape but in that case, the description in json request is - This is "Test"

[RaghavSh]

Try below:

var myJSONString = JSON.stringify(myJSON);
var myEscapedJSONString = myJSONString.replace(/\\n/g, "\\n")
                                      .replace(/\\'/g, "\\'")
                                      .replace(/\\"/g, '\\"')
                                      .replace(/\\&/g, "\\&")
                                      .replace(/\\r/g, "\\r")
                                      .replace(/\\t/g, "\\t")
                                      .replace(/\\b/g, "\\b")
                                      .replace(/\\f/g, "\\f");

 
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[Ankur Bawiskar]

@Saquib Mohammed 

try to replace the double quote with html encoding

[Saquib Mohammed]

I was able to use regex to do what is needed for quotes - replace(/"/g, '\\"');

However, this doesn't work for escaping \

I need to send it like \\

Any pointers?

Also, how do I escape backspace character? Regex treats \b are word break - I want to escape backspace character (hex character code 08). If i use \x0B, business rule script doesn't accept it and  treats it as unexpected.