JSON API: How to post a payload with special characters? #1023
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When I post payload with special characters, I get errors such as HTTP 400 or HTTP 500. How do I post push payloads with special characters in them? |
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To post special characters such as So the string Here is an example using
This question came in over email and thought it might be of help to others. |
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To post special characters such as
!@#$%^&*()(or others), they have to be URL encoded to their equivalent strings. This is a requirement of HTTP of which the JSON API uses as a transport.So the string
'&@#*$(@URL encoded becomes%26%40%23%2A%24%28%40.Here is an example using
curlto make a JSON POST with the URL encoded string.This question came in over email and thought it might be of help to others.