Network Analyzer Fails with JSONDecodeError if network name contains escape

[WeiJun428]

When analyzing a network with the analyze_network function in py4cytoscape, the command fails with the following error if the network name contains an escape character:

'analyze_network' exception JSONDecodeError('Invalid \\escape: line 3 column 45 (char 58)')

For example, the subnetwork name attr_name_in_^(Cyto|S\ cape)$ triggers this error. The same network runs analyzer successfully in the GUI, indicating that the issue is specific to py4cytoscape’s command module, which interacts with Cytoscape via cyREST.