Javascript JSON parse unescape quotes?

Question

I have a user entered JSON data which is then saved to other object. But instead of JSON I get dtExport: \'{\\\\\"type\\\\\":\\\\\"polyline\\\\\"}.

How can

Answer 1

var x = '{\"type\":\"polyline\"}'; x = x.replace(/\"/g, "\"");

and next JSON.parse

results:

"{"type":"polyline"}"