How can I construct and parse a JSON string in Scala / Lift

You are using Lift 1.0's JsCmd, which produces JSON with single-quoted strings and attempting to parse it with scala's parser, which only supports double-quoted strings. It is important to realize that there are multiple definitions for JSON. Are single-quoted strings valid in JSON? They are according to ECMAScript 5th Ed They are not according to Crockford's original RFC 4627 Lift and Scala provi