I have a scenario where I need to update a field value within an existing serialized JSON string before deserializing it. Specifically, I have the following:
- Original Serialized JSON String:
“{“name”:”ValueToReplace”}” - String to Insert:
“username”
I want to replace "ValueToReplace"
in the JSON string with "user\\name"
so that it seamlessly integrates into the JSON structure. However, when I attempt to serialize "user\name"
using JsonConvert.SerializeObject
, the output includes additional escaping and quotes (""user\\name""
).
Desired Output: After replacing "ValueToReplace"
with "user\\name"
, the updated serialized JSON string should be
"{"name":"user\\name"}"
.
How can I achieve this properly so that "user\\name"
behaves correctly within the original JSON structure? This way, upon deserialization, the field "name"
retrieves the value "user\name"
.
Note: I don’t want to do it for this specific format, but that it’ll work for any string with any format.
Thank you for your assistance!