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stroev
Occasional Contributor
10 years ago
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Calling variable, which reads e-mail addresses from CSV file replaces @ symbol with %40

Hi all,

 

I have recorded a scenario in which I enter an e-mail address in an input field and after that send an e-mail to the entered value.

I have created a variable which reads information from a .CSV file, which contains e-mail addresses.

So when I run a scenario, in which I have replaced the input value with the valiable I get the following information for the simulation:

 

The '@' symbol is changed to '%40'.

 

Could someone advise me how to escape the replacement/transformation?

 

Kind regards,

 

Stoyan.

  • RyanHeidorn's avatar
    RyanHeidorn
    10 years ago

    Hello Stoyan,

     

    Can you confirm how you insert the variable into the request? Do you call the variable directly within the request body, or do you use a Data Replacer?

     

    If you are calling the variable directly, then it will be automatically URL-encoded (see https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/78634/ for more information).

     

    The recommended practice in this case is to create a https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/78486/ for that request, which will allow you to specify that the variable will not be converted/encoded.

     

    Hope this helps!

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  • RyanHeidorn's avatar
    RyanHeidorn
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    10 years ago

    Hello Stoyan,

     

    Can you confirm how you insert the variable into the request? Do you call the variable directly within the request body, or do you use a Data Replacer?

     

    If you are calling the variable directly, then it will be automatically URL-encoded (see https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/78634/ for more information).

     

    The recommended practice in this case is to create a https://support.smartbear.com/viewarticle/78486/ for that request, which will allow you to specify that the variable will not be converted/encoded.

     

    Hope this helps!

    • stroev's avatar
      stroev
      Occasional Contributor
      10 years ago

      Hello Ryan,

       

      Thank you very much for your reply and for the article.

       

      Yes, I call the variable directly in the request body.

       

      Usung data replacer should work.

       

      Kind regards,

      Stoyan