[THRIFT-3323] Python library does not handle escaped forward slash ("/") in JSON

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.9.2
• Fix Version/s: 0.10.0
• Component/s: Python - Library
• Assignee: Jens Geyer
• Reporter: Subrat Basnet
• Created: 13/Sep/15 17:24
• Updated: 18/Mar/16 17:54
• Resolved: 18/Mar/16 17:54

Description

As per json.org - a slash ("/") may be escaped too.

When parsing a JSON that has escaped slashes, the Python library throws an exception as follows:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "lib/crawldata.py", line 32, in _init_
deserialize(base=self, buf=thrift_buf, protocol_factory=CrawlDataTJSONProtocolFactory())

File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/thrift/TSerialization.py", line 37, in deserialize
base.read(protocol)

File "models/thrift/crawldata/ttypes.py", line 761, in read
self.data.read(iprot)

File "models/thrift/crawldata/ttypes.py", line 241, in read
_val19 = iprot.readString();

File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/thrift/protocol/TJSONProtocol.py", line 390, in readString
return self.readJSONString(False)

File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/thrift/protocol/TJSONProtocol.py", line 235, in readJSONString
"Expected control char")

TProtocolException: Expected control char