API vs WebInterface - URI parameters not passed the same

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Sample_LongURL: [ http://ExampleDomain.com?Parameter0=Value0&Parameter1=Value1&Parameter2=Value2 ]

Method_WebInterface: If I enter the 'Sample_LongURL' into the web interface, YOURLS will create a working 'ShortURL' that will, when browsed to carry over all of the URI parameters (Parameter0, Parameter1, Parameter2 ...etc)

METHOD_API: However, If I use the API(yourls-api.php) like:
http://MyDomain.com/yourls-api.php?signature=SOMEVALIDSIGNATURE&action=shorturl&format=simple&url=http://ExampleDomain.com?Parameter0=Value0&Parameter1=Value1&Parameter2=Value2
Then, the returned ShortURL will redirect to an incorrect URL of: http://ExampleDomain.com?Parameter0=Value0
It cuts off every thing AFTER the first URI parameter.

I have also tried PlugIn(yourls-plugin-forward-query-strings-main) ==NO JOY

Is anyone able to replicate this behavior?
//Or perhaps recommend a fix?

[dgw]

You must encode special characters inside a GET parameter value. See #3010.

Depending how you are calling the API, you might have functionality available that will handle this for you transparently. For example, in the requests library for Python, passing the API options as params takes care of this.

[GrepZen]

I've URL_ENCODED the URL string and it works perfectly!

@dgw MUCH appreciated. Thank You!