http resonse.write replaces \n with newline

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maze1980

I've stripped down my code, same error:

const WIFI = require("Wifi");

onPageRequest = function(req, res) {
  data = 'foo\nbar\\nfoo';
  res.writeHead(200, {"Content-Type": "text/text", "Content-Length": data.length});
  res.write(data);
  res.end();
};

startWifi = function() {
  WIFI.connect(ssid, {password: password}, function(err) {
    require("http").createServer(onPageRequest).listen(80);
    console.log(WIFI.getIP());
  });
};

ssid = "myssid";
password = "mypassword";
startWifi();

/*
What I get:
foo
bar\nbar

What I expected:
foo\nbar\\nfoo
*/

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AkosLukacs in reply to @maze1980

Yepp, that's working as it should work. You would get the same result in every other environment with the same escaping rules. Just try it in a browser console :)
\n is just a way to write newline character.
To get foo\nbar\\nfoo you should write foo\\nbar\\\\nfoo.

http resonse.write replaces \n with newline

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