How to convert characters like \x22 into a string?
ascii, encoding, python
Solution
Decode from `string_escape`:
>>> import json
>>> value = "{\\x22username\\x22:\\x229\\x22,\\x22password\\x22:\\x226\\x22,\\x22id\\x22:\\x222c8bfa56-f5d9\\x22, \\x22FName\\x22:\\x22AnkQcAJyrqpg\\x22}"
>>> value.decode('string_escape')
'{"username":"9","password":"6","id":"2c8bfa56-f5d9", "FName":"AnkQcAJyrqpg"}'
>>> json.loads(value.decode('string_escape'))
{u'username': u'9', u'password': u'6', u'id': u'2c8bfa56-f5d9', u'FName': u'AnkQcAJyrqpg'}
Problem
I have a string that looks like this: ``` "{\\x22username\\x22:\\x229\\x22,\\x22password\\x22:\\x226\\x22,\\x22id\\x22:\\x222c8bfa56-f5d9\\x22, \\x22FName\\x22:\\x22AnkQcAJyrqpg\\x22}" ``` as far as I understand `\x22` is `"`. So how could I convert this into a readable JSON with quotes around keys and values?