Parsing string as JSON with single quotes?

Question

I have a string

str = \"{\'a\':1}\";
JSON.parse(str);
VM514:1 Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected token \'(…)

How can I parse the above stri

Answer 1

Using single quotes for keys are not allowed in JSON. You need to use double quotes.

For your use-case perhaps this would be the easiest solution:

str = '{"a":1}';

Source:

If a property requires quotes, double quotes must be used. All property names must be surrounded by double quotes.