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jaison1-Visitor
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March 28, 2019
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Error making a REST API call from Thingworx - Illegal Character

  • March 28, 2019
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Hi All,

 

I am creating a service within a "Thing" and the service tries to get data from a REST API endpoint. I am using "ContentLoaderFunctions" (GetJSON) to send the GET request to the endpoint. It works well, when the URL doesn't have any special characters.

But it throws an error "llegal character in query at index 57: https://myserver/webapi/resource?path=myparameter"

 

As anyone faced this issue? Is there any function available to encode the URL ?

 

Regards,

Jaison Rodrigues

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smanickam5-Regular Member
5-Regular Member
March 28, 2019

did you check the URLEncoder?

 

Thanks,

Sami

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jaison2471-Visitor
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March 28, 2019

Yes. I tried to use it but it gives me error. Not sure if I am using it correctly since I am using JAVA syntax.

 

 

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jaison2471-Visitor
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March 28, 2019

The platform does not accept "\" and considers it as an "Illegal Character". "?, &, -, =" works fine. I replaced "\" with "%5C" and it worked.

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slangleyCommunity Manager
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April 17, 2019

Hi @jaison.

 

If you are comfortable with the solution you found, please mark it as the Accepted Solution for the benefit of others with the same question.

 

Regards.

 

--Sharon

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jaison1-VisitorAuthor
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April 17, 2019
It’s more a workaround than a solution. Still looking for a solution if some in the community has used URLEncoder successfully to make a REST API call or any other method that encodes the URL is standard format.
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