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From: "Thomas Bock" <thsteinbock@web.de>
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Subject: Re: lexical error: invalid character inside string
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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:47:14 +0100 (CET)
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Thank you for the answer!

> >=C2=A0 curl -X PUT --data '{"a": "\r"}' --he=
ader "Content-Type: application/json"
> http://localhost:5984/r_test/ab7a
>=

> I think JSON does not allow literal returns/newlines (or other
> control=
 characters) inside strings; they have to be backslash-

=C2=A0But the curl=
 line works; and in futon I also can type in a simple \r

> escaped. It=E2=
=80=99s hard to follow exactly what=E2=80=99s going on through all the
> le=
vels of quoting and unquoting that happen in the shell and in the
> Erlang =
output, but I think you haven=E2=80=99t escaped that \r enough =E2=80=94 it=

> probably needs to be "\\\r".

=C2=A0This ("\\\r") don't work; "\\r" work=
s. Since \r is the end sign
of a gauge (and it don't accept any other) for =
a measurement value query
I need a reliable way.

>
> FYI, as a side note, =
I=E2=80=99ve found the =E2=80=98httpie=E2=80=99[1] utility a lifesaver
> wh=
en talking to CouchDB (and other REST/JSON APIs) from the command
> line. I=
t=E2=80=99s like a souped-up curl with a much clearer syntax for
> setting =
query parameters, and the ability to easily specify a JSON
> body. For exam=
ple, I can run your same command as:
>
>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 http PUT :5984/r=
_test/ab7a a=3D'\r=E2=80=99
>
> =E2=80=94Jens
>
> [1]: https://github.com/j=
kbr/httpie