I have Python code, in which I'm using jinja to send data to a template in Flask. I can access the code just find in HTML, but when I try displaying the data in Javascript, it doesn't work. For example, here's my Python code:

name = "Steve"
return render_template('simple.html',data=json.dumps(name))

And in my simple.html code, in the html body:

<script>
var name = {{ data }};
alert(name);
</script>

The error in my console says "SyntaxError: Unexpected token '&'"

I know I've seen this problem before, I'm forgetting how to solve it though.

Never mind, I got it. I needed to use safe to escape the code. Example:

<script>
var name = {{ data|safe }};
alert(name);
</script>