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JSON in data attributes have double quotes converted to " #45

@graemelambert

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@graemelambert

Details

Traced this issue down to attrs and this area in particular;

          let attrValue = object[key];

          if (replaceQuote) {
            attrValue = object[key].replace(/"/g, '"');
          }

          attr += ' ' + key + '="' + attrValue + '"';

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Document</title>
</head>

<body>
    <div id="app" data-config="{
        &quot;title&quot;: &quot;This is a test&quot;
    }"></div>
    <script src="/parcel-test.e31bb0bc.js"></script>
</body>

</html>

Reproduction (Code)

package.json

{
  "name": "parcel-test",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "",
  "main": "index.js",
  "scripts": {
    "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
    "watch": "parcel index.html --out-dir build"
  },
  "author": "",
  "license": "ISC",
  "dependencies": {
    "parcel": "^1.12.4",
    "react": "^17.0.1",
    "react-dom": "^17.0.1"
  }
}

index.js

import React from 'react';
import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';

const root = document.getElementById('app');
const config = JSON.parse(root.dataset.config);

const App = ({config}) => {
    return <h1>{config.title}</h1>
}

ReactDOM.render(<App config={config} />, root);

index.html

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">

<head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8">
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
    <title>Document</title>
</head>

<body>
    <div id="app" data-config='{
        "title": "This is a test"
    }'></div>
    <script src="./index.js"></script>
</body>

</html>

Run the example

$ npm run watch

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