Use %20 instead of + to encode spaces when submitting a form using GET method

Sanjay kumar

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When I create the get request with query parameter that contains the space then it automatically encoded as a + and not as %20. If any of the values of my query parameters have spaces in them, they will be automatically URL encoded on execution of the query. I am using REST API to call odata request.

In OData a plus character is used for expansion of child records and is treated as a special character. Is there any way that outsystem does not change the %20 or space to + sign?

Thanks

16 Jul 2020

Shingo Lam

Sanjay kumar wrote:

In OData a plus character is used for expansion of child records and is treated as a special character. Is there any way that outsystem does not change the %20 or space to + sign?

Thanks

Hi,

At first, I think a + sign should be %2B, not %20

Secondly, with REST api, OutSystems provides you the "On Before Request", you can implement things to prevent the conversion here

Hope this help

16 Jul 2020

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Sanjay kumar

Shingo Lam wrote:

Sanjay kumar wrote:

In OData a plus character is used for expansion of child records and is treated as a special character. Is there any way that outsystem does not change the %20 or space to + sign?

Thanks

Hi,

At first, I think a + sign should be %2B, not %20

Secondly, with REST api, OutSystems provides you the "On Before Request", you can implement things to prevent the conversion here

Hope this help

Hi Shingo,

thanks for reply me, Yes. I know %2B is + sign and %20 is space sign. and Odata accept the %20 as space And I wanted to say that when ever I used space or %20 in query parameter for example:

.../UserTodoLearningItems?$filter=criteria/includeDeeplink eq true OR

.../UserTodoLearningItems?$filter=criteria/includeDeeplink%20eq%20true

then OutSystem automatically change those to plus sign as you can seen in below image.

And regarding the "On Before Request", I have already tried it but I don't know how can I replace this + sign with space or %20 in "On Before Request"

16 Jul 2020

Shingo Lam

Sanjay kumar wrote:

Shingo Lam wrote:

Sanjay kumar wrote:

In OData a plus character is used for expansion of child records and is treated as a special character. Is there any way that outsystem does not change the %20 or space to + sign?

Thanks

Hi,

At first, I think a + sign should be %2B, not %20

Secondly, with REST api, OutSystems provides you the "On Before Request", you can implement things to prevent the conversion here

Hope this help

Hi Shingo,

thanks for reply me, Yes. I know %2B is + sign and %20 is space sign. and Odata accept the %20 as space And I wanted to say that when ever I used space or %20 in query parameter for example:

.../UserTodoLearningItems?$filter=criteria/includeDeeplink eq true OR

.../UserTodoLearningItems?$filter=criteria/includeDeeplink%20eq%20true

then OutSystem automatically change those to plus sign as you can seen in below image.

And regarding the "On Before Request", I have already tried it but I don't know how can I replace this + sign with space or %20 in "On Before Request"

Hi,

I think you should check if the data you received in the "On Before Request" is correct. If not, please replace the + with space, else try to encode the url when call to the end point api

Hope this help

16 Jul 2020

Sanjay kumar

Shingo Lam wrote:

Sanjay kumar wrote:

Shingo Lam wrote:

Sanjay kumar wrote:

In OData a plus character is used for expansion of child records and is treated as a special character. Is there any way that outsystem does not change the %20 or space to + sign?

Thanks

Hi,

At first, I think a + sign should be %2B, not %20

Secondly, with REST api, OutSystems provides you the "On Before Request", you can implement things to prevent the conversion here

Hope this help

Hi Shingo,

thanks for reply me, Yes. I know %2B is + sign and %20 is space sign. and Odata accept the %20 as space And I wanted to say that when ever I used space or %20 in query parameter for example:

.../UserTodoLearningItems?$filter=criteria/includeDeeplink eq true OR

.../UserTodoLearningItems?$filter=criteria/includeDeeplink%20eq%20true

then OutSystem automatically change those to plus sign as you can seen in below image.

And regarding the "On Before Request", I have already tried it but I don't know how can I replace this + sign with space or %20 in "On Before Request"

Hi,

I think you should check if the data you received in the "On Before Request" is correct. If not, please replace the + with space, else try to encode the url when call to the end point api

Hope this help

Hi Shingo,

I can not see the + sign in "OnBeforeRequest" in Query parameter so that I can replace it. check the below image, the value of query parameter is still same in "OnBeforeRequest" so how can we get the generated request URL then we will know that final URL which OutSystem is requesting.

16 Jul 2020

Shingo Lam

Sanjay kumar wrote:

Shingo Lam wrote:

Sanjay kumar wrote:

Shingo Lam wrote:

Sanjay kumar wrote:

In OData a plus character is used for expansion of child records and is treated as a special character. Is there any way that outsystem does not change the %20 or space to + sign?

Thanks

Hi,

At first, I think a + sign should be %2B, not %20

Secondly, with REST api, OutSystems provides you the "On Before Request", you can implement things to prevent the conversion here

Hope this help

Hi Shingo,

thanks for reply me, Yes. I know %2B is + sign and %20 is space sign. and Odata accept the %20 as space And I wanted to say that when ever I used space or %20 in query parameter for example:

.../UserTodoLearningItems?$filter=criteria/includeDeeplink eq true OR

.../UserTodoLearningItems?$filter=criteria/includeDeeplink%20eq%20true

then OutSystem automatically change those to plus sign as you can seen in below image.

And regarding the "On Before Request", I have already tried it but I don't know how can I replace this + sign with space or %20 in "On Before Request"

Hi,

I think you should check if the data you received in the "On Before Request" is correct. If not, please replace the + with space, else try to encode the url when call to the end point api

Hope this help

Hi Shingo,

Hi,

I see.

So you can try one of these:

encode the Value before call api
use js to call api and get back data from callback

Hope this help

16 Jul 2020

Sanjay kumar

Shingo Lam wrote:

Sanjay kumar wrote:

Shingo Lam wrote:

Sanjay kumar wrote:

Shingo Lam wrote:

Sanjay kumar wrote:

In OData a plus character is used for expansion of child records and is treated as a special character. Is there any way that outsystem does not change the %20 or space to + sign?

Thanks

Hi,

At first, I think a + sign should be %2B, not %20

Secondly, with REST api, OutSystems provides you the "On Before Request", you can implement things to prevent the conversion here

Hope this help

Hi Shingo,

thanks for reply me, Yes. I know %2B is + sign and %20 is space sign. and Odata accept the %20 as space And I wanted to say that when ever I used space or %20 in query parameter for example:

.../UserTodoLearningItems?$filter=criteria/includeDeeplink eq true OR

.../UserTodoLearningItems?$filter=criteria/includeDeeplink%20eq%20true

then OutSystem automatically change those to plus sign as you can seen in below image.

And regarding the "On Before Request", I have already tried it but I don't know how can I replace this + sign with space or %20 in "On Before Request"

Hi,

I think you should check if the data you received in the "On Before Request" is correct. If not, please replace the + with space, else try to encode the url when call to the end point api

Hope this help

Hi Shingo,

Hi,

I see.

So you can try one of these:

encode the Value before call api
use js to call api and get back data from callback

Hope this help

hi,

Thanks for your responses, can you tell me how can I use JS to call the rest api.

16 Jul 2020

Timothy Case

Hello!

Did a satisfactory solution ever get found for this, as I am encountered them same issue.

In the "OnBeforeRequest" event, I translated the "space" characters to "%20", but when I look in the Integration Log in Service Center, I can see that OutSystems was still using "+" in the request it actually sent.

05 Oct 2020

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Sanjay kumar

Timothy Case wrote:

Hello!

Did a satisfactory solution ever get found for this, as I am encountered them same issue.

Hi Timothy,

I could not find the suitable solution then I created extension in integration studio and used .NET to call the API and then it worked for me.

Thanks

Sanjay Kumar

06 Oct 2020

Willem Schulte

Outsystems seems to use different encoding for the URL and the variable values.

I added in the on before request the variable names and values to the end of the URL (url = url + "?" + var-name + "=" + varvalue in a loop and then cleared the list of vars.

This worked for me. Hope it helps someone else too.

Rgds,

Willem

14 Jun 2021

Nguyen Tuan Giang

I'm facing the same problem, and I couldn't resolve it with the default Rest API consumption. Therefore, I'm using the Forge below to address the issue.

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