Get unexpected char: 0xFFFF exception when try to URLEncode JSON request
I am trying to send URLEncoded request. In order to URLEncode my request I am using following code in my request body: =${=java.net.URLEncoder.encode("""{ 'Guid': '934172bb-80d2-4888-a2e6-2ec6015df5dc', 'DateTime': '2016-03-16T00:00:00+00:00' }""", java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8.toString())} When I try to send the request I get following exception: =startup failed: Script17.groovy: 4: unexpected char: 0xFFFF @ line 4, column 1.org.codehaus.groovy.syntax.SyntaxException: unexpected char: 0xFFFF @ line 4, column 1. at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.AntlrParserPlugin.transformCSTIntoAST(AntlrParserPlugin.java:138) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.AntlrParserPlugin.parseCST(AntlrParserPlugin.java:111) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.SourceUnit.parse(SourceUnit.java:237) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit$1.call(CompilationUnit.java:167) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.applyToSourceUnits(CompilationUnit.java:931) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.doPhaseOperation(CompilationUnit.java:593) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.processPhaseOperations(CompilationUnit.java:569) at org.codehaus.groovy.control.CompilationUnit.compile(CompilationUnit.java:546) at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.doParseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:298) at groovy.lang.GroovyClassLoader.parseClass(GroovyClassLoader.java:268) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parseClass(GroovyShell.java:694) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:706) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:742) at groovy.lang.GroovyShell.parse(GroovyShell.java:733) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.compile(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:138) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.run(SoapUIGroovyScriptEngine.java:89) at com.eviware.soapui.support.scripting.groovy.SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngineFactory$SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngine.run(SoapUIProGroovyScriptEngineFactory.java:79) at com.eviware.soapui.model.propertyexpansion.resolvers.EvalPropertyResolver.doEval(EvalPropertyResolver.java:165) at com.eviware.soapui.model.propertyexpansion.resolvers.EvalPropertyResolver.resolveProperty(EvalPropertyResolver.java:145) at com.eviware.soapui.model.propertyexpansion.PropertyExpander.expand(PropertyExpander.java:211) at com.eviware.soapui.model.propertyexpansion.PropertyExpander.expand(PropertyExpander.java:156) at com.eviware.soapui.model.propertyexpansion.PropertyExpander.expand(PropertyExpander.java:152) at com.eviware.soapui.model.propertyexpansion.PropertyExpander.expandProperties(PropertyExpander.java:135) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.submit.filters.HttpRequestFilter.filterHttpRequest(HttpRequestFilter.java:320) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.submit.filters.RestRequestFilter.filterRestRequest(RestRequestFilter.java:31) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.submit.filters.AbstractRequestFilter.filterAbstractHttpRequest(AbstractRequestFilter.java:42) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.submit.filters.AbstractRequestFilter.filterRequest(AbstractRequestFilter.java:34) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.submit.transports.http.HttpClientRequestTransport.filterRequest(HttpClientRequestTransport.java:378) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.submit.transports.http.HttpClientRequestTransport.sendRequest(HttpClientRequestTransport.java:183) at com.eviware.soapui.impl.wsdl.WsdlSubmit.run(WsdlSubmit.java:119) at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source) at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source) at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source) Caused by: Script17.groovy:4:1: unexpected char: 0xFFFF at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyLexer.mSTRING_CTOR_END(GroovyLexer.java:2345) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyLexer.mSTRING_LITERAL(GroovyLexer.java:1942) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyLexer.nextToken(GroovyLexer.java:478) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyLexer$1.nextToken(GroovyLexer.java:262) at groovyjarjarantlr.TokenBuffer.fill(TokenBuffer.java:69) at groovyjarjarantlr.TokenBuffer.LA(TokenBuffer.java:80) at groovyjarjarantlr.LLkParser.LA(LLkParser.java:52) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.pathExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:11680) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.postfixExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:13410) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.unaryExpressionNotPlusMinus(GroovyRecognizer.java:13379) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.powerExpressionNotPlusMinus(GroovyRecognizer.java:13083) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.multiplicativeExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:13015) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.additiveExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12685) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.shiftExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:9921) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.relationalExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12590) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.equalityExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12514) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.regexExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12462) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.andExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12430) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.exclusiveOrExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12398) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.inclusiveOrExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12366) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.logicalAndExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12334) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.logicalOrExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:12302) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.conditionalExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:4956) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.assignmentExpression(GroovyRecognizer.java:8122) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.expression(GroovyRecognizer.java:10061) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.expressionStatementNoCheck(GroovyRecognizer.java:8449) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.expressionStatement(GroovyRecognizer.java:8995) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.statement(GroovyRecognizer.java:1278) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.parser.GroovyRecognizer.compilationUnit(GroovyRecognizer.java:668) at org.codehaus.groovy.antlr.AntlrParserPlugin.transformCSTIntoAST(AntlrParserPlugin.java:134) ... 34 more 1 error """, java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8.toString())} The issue is with {. If I remove {, I don't get any exception. I also tried to escape { using \ but it didn't work. Any help would be appriciated. Thanks, Ritesh