# Disable access log escaping **URL:** \ **Category:** NGINX\ **Created:** [July 3, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-access-log-escaping/245716 "2013-07-03T21:55:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/958977/32.png) [@Rafa\_F](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Rafa_F)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2013, 9:55pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-access-log-escaping/245716/1 "2013-07-03T21:55:01Z")
Hi, I’m using a module which sets some data formated as json to a variable. I’m trying to log this variable using the access log, but the content is escaped. I’m getting something like {\x22foo\x22:\x22bar\x22} instead of {‘foo’:‘bar’}. Is there a way to disable the escaping per access\_log or per log\_format? ---
**Author:** ![Calin\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/3be4f8/32.png) [@Calin\_D](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Calin_D)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 12:33am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/disable-access-log-escaping/245716/2 "2013-07-04T00:33:23Z")
On Wed, Jul 03, 2013 at 10:54:15PM +0300, Calin D. wrote: Hi there, > I’m using a module which sets some data formated as json to a variable. I’m > trying to log this variable using the access log, but the content is > escaped. I’m getting something like {\x22foo\x22:\x22bar\x22} instead of > {‘foo’:‘bar’}. \x22 should correspond to ". ’ would correspond to \x27, but I don’t think that is escaped (I didn’t look at the newest source). Anyway… > Is there a way to disable the escaping per access\_log or per log\_format? I don’t believe so (using only nginx configuration). It will probably be easier for your log-reading code to unescape the four characters starting “\x” before further processing. ## f Francis D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid)