Write JS variable containing “</script>” string into Django HTML template

Question

How would I write the following Python object to a JavaScript variable in a template:

{"foo": {"bar": "</script>"}, "baz": 1}

The above object would be written to a JS variable in an HTML template. That variable would then have two properties, foo and baz . The foo property would evaluate to an object having a property bar . A problem is that the </script> tag closes the parent <script> element (in the HTML template) prematurely.

Answer 1

Thanks to spectras.

In Python (2.7):

js = json.dumps({"foo": {"bar": "</script>", "url":"one/two/three"}, "baz": 1})

In the Django (1.7) template:

<script>
var data = JSON.parse('{{ js|escapejs }}');
</script>