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KVNHNF
KVNHNF

Reputation: 77

JSON-LD in SDTT: "Bad escape sequence in string"

Several of my webpages names contain the following character &, for example "Shipping & Deliveries", etc.

My Schema markup is injected with GTM (JSON-LD) but in SDTT I get the following error:

Uncategorized Errors: 1 ERROR
JSON-LD: Bad escape sequence in string.

I have set up a variable in GTM, "CSS Selector" targeting "H1", which in the above example retrieves the page title "Features & Options".

But in SDTT, the code shows up as follow when testing through URL fetching:

"name": "TOPIC TAG: FEATURES \x26 OPTIONS"

Any idea how to properly escape the sequence?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 5015

Answers (1)

ePetkov
ePetkov

Reputation: 422

It's more like a workaround than an answer, as it doesn't convert these characters, but when I had the same problem I just use replace in the custom variable i use in the JSON-LD microdata. Do - for your case - instead of using DOM variable - create Custom JavaScript Variable:

function() {
   var h1 = document.querySelector('h1').innerText;
   var cleanh1 = h1.replace(/&/g, "and");
   return cleanh1;
}

That way your JSON-LD will work like a charm.

If there is a chance that in the H1 the innerText returns & instead of just & - you can add it in the replace: 

var cleanh1 = h1.replace(/(&|&)/g, "and");

Hope this help.

Upvotes: 1

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