diff --git a/src/json_encode.c b/src/json_encode.c
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+#include "json_encode.h"
+
+char *json_encode_string(char *str) {
+    char *ptr = str;
+    char_array *json_encoded = char_array_new_size(strlen(str) + 2);
+    char_array_push(json_encoded, '"');
+
+    while (*ptr) {
+        char ch = *ptr;
+        switch (ch) {
+            case '\\':
+                char_array_append(json_encoded, "\\\\");
+                break;
+            case '"':
+                char_array_append(json_encoded, "\\\"");
+                break;
+            case '\n':
+                char_array_append(json_encoded, "\\n");
+                break;
+            case '\r':
+                char_array_append(json_encoded, "\\r");
+                break;
+            case '\t':
+                char_array_append(json_encoded, "\\t");
+                break;
+            case '\b':
+                char_array_append(json_encoded, "\\\b");
+                break;
+            case '\f':
+                char_array_append(json_encoded, "\\\f");
+                break;
+            default:
+                char_array_push(json_encoded, ch);
+        }
+        ptr++;
+    }
+    char_array_push(json_encoded, '"');
+    char_array_terminate(json_encoded);
+
+    return char_array_to_string(json_encoded);
+}
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diff --git a/src/json_encode.h b/src/json_encode.h
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+++ b/src/json_encode.h
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+#ifndef JSON_ENCODE_H
+#define JSON_ENCODE_H
+
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include "collections.h"
+#include "string_utils.h"
+#include "utf8proc/utf8proc.h"
+
+char *json_encode_string(char *str);
+
+#endif
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