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gvalenc
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14 years ago

Parameters with space result in URL truncation of REST reque

I have a REST resource with a parameter /groups/{groupName}?username=user. If groupName has a space in it, an exception is thrown and then the actual request that is sent is truncated (notice most of ...
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leskop
Occasional Contributor
14 years ago
replace all special characters with html decoded ones. " " with "%2B", "-" with "%2D", ....
in your case /groups/{groupName}?username=user should looks like: /groups/group1%2Bgroup1?username=user

for more details see http://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.asp