What is the Proper Method of Assigning JSON within a Ruby Variable? - ruby

Question

The following JSON is a transaction what will be sent to the Ripple Network to query accounts that hold cryptographic assets at a Gateway (somewhat like a bank, more like a trust account between its clients). This script is to be used in conjunction with PHP to fetch a Gateway's issued balances and ignored it's hot-wallet or day-to-day operations wallet. My question is what is the proper way to:
a. Assign JSON within a Ruby variable?
b. What is the best way to escape double quotes and deal with newlines where brackets and square brackets occur within the JSON syntax?
The JSON follows:
ripple_path="/home/rippled/build/rippled"
conf = "--conf /etc/rippled/rippled.cfg"
puts "About to set the JSON lines "
gatewayStart = "\"method\": \"gateway_balances\","
paramsLine = "\"params\": [ {"
accountLine = "\"account\": \"rGgS5Hw3PhSp3VNT43PDTXze9YfdthHUH\","
hotwalletLine = "\"hotwallet\": \"rKYNhsT3aLymkGH7WL7ZUHkm6RE27iuM4C\","
liLine = "\"ledger_index\": \"validated\","
strictLine = "\"strict\": "
trueLine = true
endLine = " } ] }"
balancesLine = "#{gatewayStart} #{paramsLine} #{accountLine} #>{hotwalletLine} #{liLine} #{strictLine} #{trueLine} #{endLine}"
lineString = "#{balancesLine.to_s}"
linetoJSON = "#{lineString}"
puts "linetoJSON: #{linetoJSON} "
cmd2=`#{ripple_path} #{conf} json gateway_balances #{linetoJSON}`
cmder="#{ripple_path} #{conf} json gateway_balances #{linetoJSON}"
puts "Done."
The output is:
root#xagate:WorkingDirectory# ruby gatewaybal.rb
About to set the JSON lines
linetoJSON: "method": "gateway_balances", "params": [ { "account":
"rGgS5Hw3PhSp3VNT43PDTXze9YfdthHUH", "hotwallet": "rKYNhsT3aLymkGH7WL7ZUHkm6RE27iuM4C", "ledger_index": "validated", "strict":rue } ] }
Loading: "/etc/rippled/rippled.cfg"
rippled [options] <command> <params>
General Options:
-h [ --help ] Display this message.
.....
Done.
It is noteworthy that this command also returns a badSyntax error when executed manually via the command line. Please see here for the mirror of this issue raised on the ripple forums.

Answer 1

jsonLine = "'{ \"account\": \"rGgS5Hw3PhSp3VNT43PDTXze9YfdthHUH\", \"hotwallet\": \"rKYNhsT3aLymkGH7WL7ZUHkm6RE27iuM4C\", \"ledger_index\": \"validated\", \"strict\": true }'"
Is the proper way to assign this JSON within a single variable; this solution was provided by JoelKatz. The completed code is now available on GitHub.