5. JSON String Representation

A JSON Pointer can be represented in a JSON string value. Per [RFC4627], Section 2.5, all instances of quotation mark '"' (%x22), reverse solidus '' (%x5C), and control (%x00-1F) characters MUST be escaped.

Note that before processing a JSON string as a JSON Pointer, backslash escape sequences must be unescaped.

For example, given the JSON document:

{
   "foo": ["bar", "baz"],
   "": 0,
   "a/b": 1,
   "c%d": 2,
   "e^f": 3,
   "g|h": 4,
   "i\\j": 5,
   "k\"l": 6,
   " ": 7,
   "m~n": 8
}

The following JSON strings evaluate to the accompanying values:

""           // the whole document
"/foo"       ["bar", "baz"]
"/foo/0"     "bar"
"/"          0
"/a~1b"      1
"/c%d"       2
"/e^f"       3
"/g|h"       4
"/i\\j"      5
"/k\"l"      6
"/ "         7
"/m~0n"      8

5. JSON String Representation​

5. JSON String Representation