invalid json format err when the shell script contain \

[shumin1027]

when the shell script contain \， unmarshal json string will go wrong
job shell：

#!/bin/bash

#BSUB -n 1
#BSUB -R "span[ptile=24]"
#BSUB -e %J.err
#BSUB -o %J.out
#BSUB -J testjob

echo -e "\nhello, \
\"lsf\""

sleep 5

if the shell script contain some characters that may affect json structure，may trigger unmarshal json string error

the fields such as command, job_name most likely to be affected

[shumin1027]

need a better way to solve this kind of problem completely #2

I think there are two possible ways

1. a better json library ，render the string provided to an escaped version that can be printed
   reference：
   cJSON
   rapidjson

2. base64 encode the fields that may be affected

[adamsla]

Yea, for things like Cacti and RTM, I use base64 encoding. But I do mostly things in PHP and don't generally have issues with JSON in POST. Thanks for the pointers. Let's keep this discussion going with Dev. I gave them a bump. They do product first, and this stuff when they have free cycles.