title: How to add a URL String in a JSON object
body: <p>I need to add a URL typically in the format http:\somewebsite.com\somepage.asp. 
  When I create a string with the above URL and add it to JSON object json </p>
  
  <p>using </p>
  
  <pre><code>json.put("url",urlstring);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it's appending an extra "\" and when I check the output it's like <code>http:\\\\somewebsite.com\\somepage.asp</code></p>
  
  <p>When I give the URL as <code>http://somewebsite.com/somepage.asp</code>
  the json output is <code>http:\/\/somewebsite.com\/somepage.asp</code></p>
  
  <p>Can you help me to retrieve the URL as it is, please?</p>
  
  <p>Thanks</p>