Unusual syntax JSON parse problem String (Clojure)

Question

I have a long clojure String (java.lang.String) representing a JSON. It has \"normal\" looking syntax like so:

\"{ a:1, b:\"hello\" }\"

The key

Answer 1

Depending on your level of desperation, the Groovy JSON Slurper can read this "JSON" in the LAX setting (which allows those attributes, comments, ...)

Add the following dep:

[org.codehaus.groovy/groovy-json "2.5.6"]

Then you can run:

user=> (import [groovy.json JsonSlurper JsonParserType])
groovy.json.JsonParserType
user=> (def parser (doto (JsonSlurper.) (.setType JsonParserType/LAX)))
#'user/parser
user=> (def data (.parseText parser "{ a:1, b:\"hello\" }"))
#'user/data
user=> data
{"a" 1, "b" "hello"}