title: How do I put a dictionary into JSON without the escape slash
body: <p>I'm not sure what I am doing wrong.  I have a dictionary that I want to convert to JSON.  My problem is with the escape \</p>
  
  <p>How do I put a dictionary into JSON without the escape \</p>
  
  <p>Here is my code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>def printJSON(dump):
      print(json.dumps(dump, indent=4, sort_keys=True))
  
  data = {'number':7, 'second_number':44}
  json_data = json.dumps(data)
  printJSON(json_data)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>The output is:
      "{\"second_number\": 44, \"number\": 7}"</p>
  
  <p>I want the output to look like this:
      "{"second_number": 44, "number": 7}"</p>