Json Parsing Escaped String

Why dosen't JSON.parse parse this: { 'things1': '[{\'stuff1\':\'data1\'}]' } When I enter this JSON.parse('{ 'things1': '[{\'stuff1\':\'data1\'}]' }') I get: Uncaught SyntaxE

Solution 1:

You are having escaping issues, specifically because you have nested strings. You need to double escape the \" bits using \\".

Edited: Meant to add a sample.

JSON.parse('{ "things1": "[{\\"stuff1\\":\\"data1\\"}]" }');