Unescape unicode characters

Unescapes unicode characters in a string, so that for example Europa s\u00f8r becomes Europa sør.

A typical use case for this action is when processing raw JSON returned from HTTP APIs, and the returned JSON string may contain unicode escaped characters.

Example
This flow demonstrates how Unescape Unicode characters converts escaped Unicode sequences (for example \u00E5, \u00F8, \u00E6) into readable characters. The flow takes an input string containing escaped Unicode values, processes it using the Unescape Unicode characters action, and outputs a human-readable string that is than saved to the database. This is typically used when handling JSON, API responses, or encoded text to ensure correct display and further processing of international characters.

Properties

Name	Type	Description
String to unescape	Required	A string that may contain escaped unicode characters. If the string is null / empty, or does not contain escaped unicode characters, no operation is performed.
Output variable name	Required	The name of the variable containing the unescaped string.

Returns

String containing unescaped unicode characters.
Note that if the original string does not contain escaped unicode characters, the original string is returned.

Example

The example below shows a JSON string before and after unicode characters have been unescaped.

Before

{
    "code": "EU-S",
    "displayName":"Europa s\u00f8r"
}

After

{
    "code": "EU-S",
    "displayName":"Europa sør"
}