ljharb/qs

square brackets confuse the parser

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#513 opened on Oct 10, 2024

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Description

Hello, while parsing a body like the following, qs fails:

buttons[commands.identifier_orders_merge_action|{"orders":["47441","47440"]}]=Unisci+ordini

This becomes something like:

'buttons[commands.identifier_orders_merge_action|{"orders":': { '"47441","47440"': 'Unisci ordini' }

while it should be something more similar to this:

'buttons[commands.identifier_orders_merge_action|{"orders":{ '"47441","47440"}]': 'Unisci ordini'

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Examine the parseKeys function in the library to understand how brackets are handled and trace the logic for extracting keys and values when nested brackets contain JSON like syntax.
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