From 9172ce849719878684eb93c72fdf07ecc205295d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Julien Pivotto <291750+roidelapluie@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2026 16:24:39 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [go] Fix text escaping in example code generation

Wrap example values with escapeText() to properly escape special
characters in generated Go client code examples

Signed-off-by: Julien Pivotto <291750+roidelapluie@users.noreply.github.com>
---
 .../codegen/languages/GoClientCodegen.java    |  8 +--
 .../codegen/go/GoClientCodegenTest.java       | 23 ++++++++
 ...tstore-with-special-chars-in-examples.yaml | 52 +++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 79 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/go/petstore-with-special-chars-in-examples.yaml

diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/GoClientCodegen.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/GoClientCodegen.java
index 9364c2582717..a35aa26bbd50 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/GoClientCodegen.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/main/java/org/openapitools/codegen/languages/GoClientCodegen.java
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ private String constructExampleCode(CodegenParameter codegenParameter, HashMap<S
         } else if (codegenParameter.isPrimitiveType) { // primitive type
             if (codegenParameter.isString) {
                 if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(codegenParameter.example) && !"null".equals(codegenParameter.example)) {
-                    return "\"" + codegenParameter.example + "\"";
+                    return "\"" + escapeText(codegenParameter.example) + "\"";
                 } else {
                     return "\"" + codegenParameter.paramName + "_example\"";
                 }
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ private String constructExampleCode(CodegenParameter codegenParameter, HashMap<S
                 return constructExampleCode(modelMaps.get(codegenParameter.dataType), modelMaps, processedModelMap, 0);
             } else if (codegenParameter.isEmail) { // email
                 if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(codegenParameter.example) && !"null".equals(codegenParameter.example)) {
-                    return "\"" + codegenParameter.example + "\"";
+                    return "\"" + escapeText(codegenParameter.example) + "\"";
                 } else {
                     return "\"" + codegenParameter.paramName + "@example.com\"";
                 }
@@ -681,7 +681,7 @@ private String constructExampleCode(CodegenProperty codegenProperty, HashMap<Str
         } else if (codegenProperty.isPrimitiveType) { // primitive type
             if (codegenProperty.isString) {
                 if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(codegenProperty.example) && !"null".equals(codegenProperty.example)) {
-                    return "\"" + codegenProperty.example + "\"";
+                    return "\"" + escapeText(codegenProperty.example) + "\"";
                 } else {
                     return "\"" + codegenProperty.name + "_example\"";
                 }
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ private String constructExampleCode(CodegenProperty codegenProperty, HashMap<Str
                 return constructExampleCode(modelMaps.get(codegenProperty.dataType), modelMaps, processedModelMap, depth + 1);
             } else if (codegenProperty.isEmail) { // email
                 if (!StringUtils.isEmpty(codegenProperty.example) && !"null".equals(codegenProperty.example)) {
-                    return "\"" + codegenProperty.example + "\"";
+                    return "\"" + escapeText(codegenProperty.example) + "\"";
                 } else {
                     return "\"" + codegenProperty.name + "@example.com\"";
                 }
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/go/GoClientCodegenTest.java b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/go/GoClientCodegenTest.java
index 7d6e7de5002c..329506254579 100644
--- a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/go/GoClientCodegenTest.java
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/java/org/openapitools/codegen/go/GoClientCodegenTest.java
@@ -461,4 +461,27 @@ public void testArrayDefaultValue() throws IOException {
         TestUtils.assertFileContains(apiPath, defaultEnumArrayString);
         TestUtils.assertFileContains(apiPath, defaultValueString);
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testEscapingInExamples() throws IOException {
+        File output = Files.createTempDirectory("test").toFile();
+        output.deleteOnExit();
+
+        final CodegenConfigurator configurator = new CodegenConfigurator()
+                .setGeneratorName("go")
+                .setInputSpec("src/test/resources/3_0/go/petstore-with-special-chars-in-examples.yaml")
+                .setOutputDir(output.getAbsolutePath().replace("\\", "/"));
+
+        DefaultGenerator generator = new DefaultGenerator();
+        List<File> files = generator.opts(configurator.toClientOptInput()).generate();
+        files.forEach(File::deleteOnExit);
+
+        Path docPath = Paths.get(output + "/docs/TestAPI.md");
+        // Verify that quotes are properly escaped in parameter examples
+        TestUtils.assertFileContains(docPath, "stringWithQuotes := \"John \\\"Johnny\\\" Doe\"");
+        // Verify that backslashes are properly escaped in parameter examples
+        TestUtils.assertFileContains(docPath, "stringWithBackslash := \"C:\\\\path\\\\to\\\\file\"");
+        // Verify that quotes are properly escaped in email parameter examples
+        TestUtils.assertFileContains(docPath, "emailWithQuotes := \"test\\\"user@example.com\"");
+    }
 }
diff --git a/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/go/petstore-with-special-chars-in-examples.yaml b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/go/petstore-with-special-chars-in-examples.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f9ad0fd52de0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/openapi-generator/src/test/resources/3_0/go/petstore-with-special-chars-in-examples.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+openapi: 3.0.0
+info:
+  title: Test Escaping in Examples
+  version: 1.0.0
+paths:
+  /test:
+    get:
+      operationId: testEscaping
+      tags:
+        - test
+      parameters:
+        - name: stringWithQuotes
+          in: query
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            type: string
+          example: 'John "Johnny" Doe'
+        - name: stringWithBackslash
+          in: query
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            type: string
+          example: 'C:\path\to\file'
+        - name: emailWithQuotes
+          in: query
+          required: true
+          schema:
+            type: string
+            format: email
+          example: 'test"user@example.com'
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: Success
+          content:
+            application/json:
+              schema:
+                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TestResponse'
+components:
+  schemas:
+    TestResponse:
+      type: object
+      properties:
+        name:
+          type: string
+          example: 'Name with "quotes" inside'
+        path:
+          type: string
+          example: 'C:\Windows\System32'
+        email:
+          type: string
+          format: email
+          example: 'user"name@example.com'