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I'm having issues in javascript with putting a var that contains xml string into a object and then send it via ajax with jQuery.

The question would be: is it possible to have a xml string into a json object ?

{"a":"a","b":"b", "xml":"<test r='r'></test>"}

Thanks in advance

I'm having issues in javascript with putting a var that contains xml string into a object and then send it via ajax with jQuery.

The question would be: is it possible to have a xml string into a json object ?

{"a":"a","b":"b", "xml":"<test r='r'></test>"}

Thanks in advance

• javascript
• jquery
• xml
• json

Share Improve this question Follow asked Feb 13, 2012 at 16:52 Eric FrickEric Frick 85722 gold badges77 silver badges1818 bronze badges 7

• 1 What's the use case? It's like asking about creating Frankenstein's monster... – Oded Commented Feb 13, 2012 at 16:54
• Yes. What's the problem? – Brad Commented Feb 13, 2012 at 16:54
• THe problem is that the web service isn't receiving the get request when sending a object like this, so I think it's a parse error – Eric Frick Commented Feb 13, 2012 at 16:55
• 5 You need to HTML-encode strings, as shown here: stackoverflow./questions/1219860/… – John Pick Commented Feb 13, 2012 at 16:57
• 1 for documentation purposes, could you please transform your ment into an answer @John_Pick sothat Eric can pick it as correct answer? – Gregor Commented May 5, 2017 at 10:29

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Your XML will be like this:

< test r="r"> </test>

Replace as follows:

& = &

" = "

' = '

< = &lt;

> = &gt;

/ = &#x2F;

Yes, of course. Your code is working well:

var obj = {"a":"a","b":"b", "xml":"<test r='r'></test>"}
alert(obj.xml)