Using GET method to retrieve data from API using a name

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i'm building a REST API and was wondering how i would go about retrieving a user data by using his name. I currently have the URI example.com/rest/users/{name} , however if someone contain a slash in his name this wouldn't work. So How would i do this? (using Jersey)

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 17 '15 at 23:25

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You can do:

 example.com/rest/users?name={encoded name}

answered Dec 17 '15 at 23:25

Iliiaz Akhmedov

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score -1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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Can you check this one?

slashes in url variables

It mentions that

You need to escape the slashes as %2F

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Dec 17 '15 at 23:32

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Using GET method to retrieve data from API using a name

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