From 5497dcdf1a1a9883e08de595ff503ba2821e148a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sreelakshmi-bruno <sreelakshmi@usebruno.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2025 11:30:27 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] decode forward slash

---
 src/index.js          | 14 +++++++++++-
 tests/escaped.spec.js | 51 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 64 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index fb72f44..d64ac96 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 /**
  * Pretty-prints a JSON-like string without parsing.
  * Fast path: chunked copying, fast string scan, lookahead for empty {} / [].
+ * Decodes \uXXXX unicode sequences and \/ forward slash escapes for readability.
  *
  * @param {string} input
  * @param {string} indent
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ function fastJsonFormat(input, indent = '  ') {
   // Character codes
   const QUOTE = 34;        // "
   const BACKSLASH = 92;    // \
+  const FORWARD_SLASH = 47;// /
   const OPEN_BRACE = 123;  // {
   const CLOSE_BRACE = 125; // }
   const OPEN_BRACKET = 91; // [
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ function fastJsonFormat(input, indent = '  ') {
   };
 
   // Scan a JSON string starting at index of opening quote `i` (s[i] === '"').
-  // Returns index just after the closing quote and decodes \uXXXX sequences.
+  // Returns index just after the closing quote and decodes \uXXXX and \/ sequences.
   const scanString = (i) => {
     out.push('"'); // opening quote
     let j = i + 1;
@@ -134,6 +136,16 @@ function fastJsonFormat(input, indent = '  ') {
           }
           // If parsing failed, reset and let it be copied as-is
           j = backslashPos + 1;
+        } else if (j < n && s.charCodeAt(j) === FORWARD_SLASH) {
+          // Found \/ - decode to / for readability
+          // Copy everything up to the backslash
+          if (backslashPos > lastCopy) {
+            out.push(s.slice(lastCopy, backslashPos));
+          }
+          out.push('/');
+          j++; // skip the forward slash
+          lastCopy = j;
+          continue;
         }
         // For other escapes (or invalid \u), just skip the escaped char
         if (j < n) j++;
diff --git a/tests/escaped.spec.js b/tests/escaped.spec.js
index 6aa70c8..a97b77c 100644
--- a/tests/escaped.spec.js
+++ b/tests/escaped.spec.js
@@ -66,4 +66,55 @@ describe('escaped characters', () => {
 }`;
     assertEqual(input, expected);
   });
+});
+
+describe('forward slash escape sequences', () => {
+  it('should decode \\/ escape sequences to forward slashes', () => {
+    const input = '{"url":"https:\\/\\/example.com\\/api\\/v1"}';
+    const expected = `{
+  "url": "https://example.com/api/v1"
+}`;
+    assertEqual(input, expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should handle unescaped forward slashes correctly', () => {
+    const input = '{"url":"https://example.com/api/v1"}';
+    const expected = `{
+  "url": "https://example.com/api/v1"
+}`;
+    assertEqual(input, expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should handle forward slashes mixed with other escape sequences', () => {
+    const input = '{"text":"line1\\npath\\/to\\/file\\ttab","unicode":"\\u4e16\\u754c\\/path"}';
+    const expected = `{
+  "text": "line1\\npath/to/file\\ttab",
+  "unicode": "世界/path"
+}`;
+    assertEqual(input, expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should handle a single escaped forward slash', () => {
+    const input = '{"slash":"\\/"}';
+    const expected = `{
+  "slash": "/"
+}`;
+    assertEqual(input, expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should handle multiple consecutive escaped forward slashes', () => {
+    const input = '{"path":"\\/\\/network\\/share"}';
+    const expected = `{
+  "path": "//network/share"
+}`;
+    assertEqual(input, expected);
+  });
+
+  it('should handle escaped forward slash at end of string', () => {
+    const input = '{"url":"https://example.com\\/"}';
+    const expected = `{
+  "url": "https://example.com/"
+}`;
+    assertEqual(input, expected);
+  });
 });
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