josdejong/jsonrepair
View on GitHubEscaping double quote doesn't work when it is followed by slash('/') character
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#151 opened on Dec 16, 2025
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Description
When input string has double quote character followed by slash('/') character which is part of string value, it throws error. Double quote without slash works fine.
Below code fails
const text = '{"name":"Parth","value":"This is test "message/stream"';
const parsed = jsonrepair(text);
with below error
FAIL src/index.test.ts > jsonrepair ['regular'] > repair invalid JSON > should handle missing escaping of double quotes followed by a slash
Error: Object key expected at position 39
❯ throwObjectKeyExpected src/regular/jsonrepair.ts:891:11
889|
890| function throwObjectKeyExpected() {
891| throw new JSONRepairError('Object key expected', i)
| ^
892| }
893|
FAIL src/index.test.ts > jsonrepair ['streaming'] > repair invalid JSON > should handle missing escaping of double quotes followed by a slash
Error: Unexpected character "/" at position 39
❯ throwUnexpectedCharacter src/streaming/core.ts:1023:11
1021|
1022| function throwUnexpectedCharacter() {
1023| throw new JSONRepairError(`Unexpected character ${JSON.stringify(input.charAt(i))}`, i)
| ^
1024| }
1025|
❯ parseRootEnd src/streaming/core.ts:481:7
❯ parse src/streaming/core.ts:171:20
❯ flush src/streaming/core.ts:96:12
❯ jsonrepair src/index.test.ts:774:5
❯ src/index.test.ts:695:22
If I remove slash after double quote it works. So below example works
test("should handle missing escaping of double quotes followed by a slash", () => {
const text = '{"name":"Parth","value":"This is test "message/stream"';
const parsed = jsonrepair(text);
expect(parsed).toBe(
'{"name":"Parth","value":"This is test \\"message/stream"}'
);
});