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Title
HOW TO: Adding special characters into a URL which is sent via a Workflow notification -
Description
When customizing a Workflow notification, it is necessary to encode certain reserved or unsafe characters which are included in a URL.
EXAMPLE:One of the most common special characters is a white space. It is not possible to pass a space in a URL directly. Instead, use %20 in place of a space when passing a URL.http://www.example.com/new%20form.htmThis URL actually retrieves a document named "new form.htm" from the server at www.example.com -
Cause
This is not an Active Roles-specific requirement. This requirement is part of rfc3986 -
Resolution
Reserved Characters Encoding
Following is the table to be used to encode reserved characters.
Decimal Hex Value Char URL Encode 36 24 $ %24 38 26 & %26 43 2b + %2b 44 2c , %2c 47 2f / %2f 58 3a : %3a 59 3b ; %3b 61 3d = %3d 63 3f ? %3f 64 40 @ %40 Unsafe Characters Encoding
Following is the table to be used to encode unsafe characters.
Decimal Hex Value Char URL Encode 32 20 space %20 34 22 " %22 60 3c %3c 62 3e > %3e 35 23 # %23 37 25 % %25 123 7b { %7b 125 7d } %7d 124 7c | %7c 92 5c \ %5c 94 5e ^ %5e 126 7e ~ %7e 91 5b [ %5b 93 5d ] %5d 96 60 ` %60