How to deal with HTML entities in Rails to_json output?

Question

I\'m writing an app that uses Rails on the backend and javascript/backbone on the frontend. I\'m trying to bootstrap some rails models into my javascript. Specifically, I\'

Answer 1

The question is solved by my comment, just for the record:

Rails escapes strings that are printed using <%= 'string' %>. By this, it is save to ouput user data. So, if you don't want Rails to escape the output, you have to tell Rails explicitly by using raw('string').

In your code, that would be: <%= raw(@courses.to_json) %>

Answer 2

If you intend to use raw(obj.to_json) you MUST ensure the following is set.

ActiveSupport.escape_html_entities_in_json = true