Formatting Strings
Learn how to format strings to pass to the API client.
Overview
When using command-line utilities to pass a string to the API client, enclose the string in single quotation marks to treat the text literally. When you enclose a string in double quotation marks, you need to escape certain ASCII characters (for example, the $ character).
This example uses single quotation marks:
alert-body='Big Company is acquiring Smaller Company for $2.5 billion.'This example shows the result of using single quotation marks:
"alertBody": "Big Company is acquiring Smaller Company for $2.5 billion."This example uses double quotation marks incorrectly:
alert-body="Big Company is acquiring Smaller Company for $2.5 billion."This example shows the result of using double quotation marks incorrectly. A string in double quotation marks with the $ sign should include an escape character:
"alertBody": "Big Company is acquiring Smaller Company for .5 billion."This example correctly uses double quotation marks with an escape character:
alert-body="Big Company is acquiring Smaller Company for \$2.5 billion."This example shows the result of using double quotation marks with an escape character:
"alertBody": "Big Company is acquiring Smaller Company for $2.5 billion."