Escape a space in a file path in Node.js

Question

I receive a file path string via JSON.parse, but I need to escape the spaces in the string with backslashes.

How should I do this idiomatically in Node.js?

For example:

var input = JSON.parse('{ "path": "/foo/bar bam/baz.html" }');
input.path.replace(/(\s)/g, '\\$1');

Answer 1

var input = JSON.parse('{ "path": "/foo/bar bam/baz.html" }');

console.log(input.path.replace(/(\s+)/g, '\\$1'));

Answer 2

Update your .replace regular expression as follows:

var input = JSON.parse('{ "path": "/foo/bar bam/baz.html" }');
console.log(input.path.replace(/(\s+)/g, '\\$1'));