Hi folks, when i serialize manually in json the outcome produces escaped chars: ```"data": "{\"imahu...

# serialization

[George]

Hi folks, when i serialize manually in json the outcome produces escaped chars:

"data": "{\"imahubKey\":\"eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJpbWFodWIiLCJzdWIiOiJ0ZXN0NTIxMDEiLCJleHAiOjE2NDY4MzM2MzIsImlhdCI6MTY0NjgyMzYzMn0.5L6T1-8EkzR41IX2V43ImI1hfBrIMEJEXXTr88FD8QbST82-l4_kg31tjA0xph_LgvUGPuMtXsRhfx44WgvcAA\"}"

This is my serializer:

public fun SharedPayload.encodeToJson(): JsonElement = SharedPayloadJson.encodeToJsonElement(
    SharedSharedPayloadFromBuilder.serializer(), this as SharedSharedPayloadFromBuilder

How can i disable the escaping when im dealing with strings?

[Nikky]

i guess you want to have data be json inside the SharedPayload
try making that not a string but a JsonLiteral or more specifically a JsonObject
then it will serialize like you want

[George]

Hi nikky, thanks for the info!. I am trying to make it work with type Any for data, do you think im better of with jsobject or should i stick with generics? FYI my motivasion to work with any type is to make it work also with other types (e.g. proto).

On second thought maybe is it ok for me to store everything as jsonObjects then serialize my sharedpayload as i wish, for example either to jsonElement or either to Proto?

[Nikky]

Stick to JsonElement at least

[Nikky]

If you also use proto or cbor, maybe you need Any and somehow the serializer its using, but that gets very complicated quickly

[George]

indeed that's the case, it got very complicated 😛 thanks for help though, appreciate it