Special Characters in REST Commands

Occasionally it may be necessary to include 'special' characters within REST commands that would otherwise be interpreted as meta-data. This may be done by substituting the URL character code in place of the character itself.

For example, the following command may fail due to the embedded hash # character:

https://traverse.acme.com/api/rest/command/container.create?serviceName=Room #400&serviceType=device&memberListMethod=auto&ruleDeviceName=Traverse

However, when the hash character # is replaced by the equivalent URL code %23, the command succeeds:

https://traverse.acme.com/api/rest/command/container.create?serviceName=Room %23400&serviceType=device&memberListMethod=auto&ruleDeviceName=Traverse

See additional information about URL encoding is available at www.w3schools.com.