Sometime smartfox adds quotes arround my uservariable

[jdv145]

I noticed when setting a uservariable in the js-client with a custom json-string, smartfox adds quotes around them. I had a hunch this might me caused by smartfox using json itself or something. I tried adding white space to the start and end and then no quotes where added. Since whitespace has no influence on the json-data, i'm using this fix:

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        var str = " \n " + JSON.stringify(newObj) + " \n "; 
        var uv = new SFS2X.Entities.Variables.SFSUserVariable("filter", str);

For now it works, but it's a bit hacky.... and its better if smartfox doesn't change my strings, not even by just adding quotes.

I'm a bit low on time, so i didn't dig very deep into it... so if i'm mistaken, please correct me .

[Bax]

You should please better explain. Where exactly do you see such additional quotes appear?
We tried creating a simple object like this:

var obj = {"one":"this is one","two":2}

After JSONizing it and setting a User Variable, in the AdminTool we see the string reported as expected:

{"one":"this is one","two":2}

So nothing wrong here.
Can you elaborate? Thanks.

[jdv145]

Thank for your speedy response. I try to be a little more clearer this time, but i thought maybe you guys could have guessed the cause of it by just mentioning some stray quotes.

Anyway this is my code:

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	var obj = {k1 :'some val 1', k2: 'some val 2'}
	var str = JSON.stringify(obj);
	console.log("=|" + str + "|=");
	var uv = new SFS2X.Entities.Variables.SFSUserVariable("jsonStr", str);
	sfs.send(new SFS2X.Requests.System.SetUserVariablesRequest([uv]));

	sfs.addEventListener(SFS2X.SFSEvent.USER_VARIABLES_UPDATE, function(){
        console.log( " -|" +$rootScope.sfs.mySelf.getVariable("jsonStr").value+"|-" );
    }, this);

The output is below... i added -| and |- to make the boundaries clear.

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=|{"k1":"some val 1","k2":"some val 2"}|=
-|"{"k1":"some val 1","k2":"some val 2"}"|- 

now with the same code as before but added whitespace to str:

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   var str = " " + JSON.stringify(obj) + " ";

output as expected:

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=| {"k1":"some val 1","k2":"some val 2"} |= 
-| {"k1":"some val 1","k2":"some val 2"} |- 

[Bax]

Thank you for the clarification and example.
Actually this is the expected behavior, because the API use JSON internally. So as you are placing a JSON string inside a JSON, the API add those extra quotes to treat it as a string. This happens with any string starting and ending with { } or [ ].
You can add a single extra space at the beginning or the end of your JSON string, or strip the extra quotes when you are expecting a JSON string.

[jdv145]

Thanks for your explanation. Now i at least understand why whitespaces 'protect' my json string