Tsparql.sparql_escape_string
Description: Reference for Tsparql.sparql_escape_string

### Function

# Tsparqlsparql_escape_string

#### Declaration [src]

    gchar*
    tracker_sparql_escape_string (
      const gchar* literal
    )

#### Description [src]

Escapes `literal` so it is suitable for insertion in SPARQL queries as string literals.

Manual construction of query strings based user input is best avoided at all cost, use of `TrackerSparqlStatement` is recommended instead.

#### Parameters

`literal`

  Type: `const gchar*`

  A string to escape.

  The data is owned by the caller of the function.
  The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

#### Return value

Type: `gchar*`

The escaped string.

The caller of the function takes ownership of the data, and is responsible for freeing it.
The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.