class method `self.json_escape`

Ruby on Rails 2.2.3

Since v2.2.3

Available in: v2.2.3 v2.3.18 v3.0.20 v3.1.12 v3.2.22.5 v4.0.13 v4.1.16 v4.2.9 v5.2.8.1 v6.0.6 v6.1.7.10 v7.0.10 v7.1.6 v7.2.3 v8.0.4 v8.1.2

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self.json_escape(s)

A utility method for escaping HTML entities in JSON strings. This method is also aliased as j.

In your ERb templates, use this method to escape any HTML entities:

<%=j @person.to_json %>

Example:

puts json_escape("is a > 0 & a < 10?")
# => is a \u003E 0 \u0026 a \u003C 10?

Parameters

s req

Source

# File actionpack/lib/action_view/template_handlers/erb.rb, line 30
    def json_escape(s)
      s.to_s.gsub(/[&"><]/) { |special| JSON_ESCAPE[special] }
    end

Defined in actionpack/lib/action_view/template_handlers/erb.rb line 30 · View on GitHub · Improve this page · Find usages on GitHub

Defined in ERB::Util

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