Enter code here... Eureka! there is json! safe_js_str = json.dumps(string_with_any_bad_char)
now you can insert it in js code as 'var s = %s' % safe_js_str # it is already quoted On Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 9:54:43 PM UTC+3, Vlad wrote: > > the problem is that I don't know what they may enter, it could be > anything. > I just need to feed back whatever they entered in the middle of some js > action. > the objective is that whatever they enter - any characters - should simply > be taken as a string by the browser > > > On Thu, Jun 20, 2019 at 2:52 PM Val K <valq...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> I think there is no universal way because js is just a string in python >> context, >> you have to escape quotes with backslash (replace " with \") where it is >> required to prevent crumbling strings in js-code >> What is the second char? dot? >> >> >> On Thursday, June 20, 2019 at 8:32:08 PM UTC+3, Vlad wrote: >>> >>> I have a form with an input text field. >>> >>> The form is submitted via POST. >>> >>> The vars value is read and passed over into response.js to run some >>> action. >>> >>> All works perfect until that field has special characters, like " and >>> the like. Javascript does't like it. It doesn't see that as a string, but >>> rather as a part of the js code so it breaks. >>> >>> How do I encode / convert that field's value so that it wouldn't affect >>> html/js on the output? >>> >> -- >> Resources: >> - http://web2py.com >> - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) >> - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) >> - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "web2py-users" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/web2py/fSTMUW9ObVU/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> web...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/254be43e-4d76-4b33-ab2b-7434eaad85b8%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/254be43e-4d76-4b33-ab2b-7434eaad85b8%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- Resources: - http://web2py.com - http://web2py.com/book (Documentation) - http://github.com/web2py/web2py (Source code) - https://code.google.com/p/web2py/issues/list (Report Issues) --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web2py-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to web2py+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/web2py/98cd6c0e-d7c2-4e48-bfa1-5316be115b94%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
