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Which characters are valid/invalid in a JSON key name?

Are there any forbidden characters in key names, for JavaScript objects or JSON strings? Or characters that need to be escaped?

To be more specific, I'd like to use "$", "-" and space in key names.

Solution

  • No. Any valid string is a valid key. It can even have " as long as you escape it:

    {"The \"meaning\" of life":42}

    There is perhaps a chance you'll encounter difficulties loading such values into some languages, which try to associate keys with object field names. I don't know of any such cases, however.