VB.NET

JSON Hex Encoding

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Let's say your JSON contains content that is hex encoded like this: \u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7

This example shows how to get the decoded string.

VB.NET

Dim success As Boolean = False

Dim s As String = "{ ""example"": ""\u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7"" }"

Dim json As New Chilkat.JsonObject

success = json.Load(s)

' When getting the member data, it is automatically decoded.
Debug.WriteLine("member data: " & json.StringOf("example"))

' Output:
' member data: בדיק

' When getting the full JSON, it remains encoded. This is expected and intentional.
Debug.WriteLine("full JSON: " & json.Emit())

' Output:
' full JSON: {"example":"\u05d1\u05d3\u05d9\u05e7"}

' To get the full JSON without the encoding, you can decode manually.
Dim sb As New Chilkat.StringBuilder
json.EmitSb(sb)
' The hex encoding used by JSON is utf-8.
sb.Decode("json","utf-8")

Debug.WriteLine(sb.GetAsString())

' Output:
' {"example":"בדיק"}