Karate API Tests - Escaping '?' in the url in a feature file

Question

I am using the path keyword from Karate API framework to concatenate strings to form a url. However, I am not able to pass '?'. Here is what I am doing:

 Background: 
    * url 'https://api.cloud.abcde.com/animal/'

 Scenario: Verify the get status
    Given path 'herbivore?id=25'
    When method get
    Then status 200

When I run the test, i see the '?' being passed as %3F. I tried to escape it using \ and tried some other answers too but couldn't succeed. Do I need to use url encoding ? Any pointers or help would be appreciated. Thanks

Not sure, but have you tried a double backslash \\... – Grasshopper Aug 01 '17 at 06:12 — Grasshopper, Aug 01 '17 at 06:12
@Grasshopper -it didnt work in the karate framework – Saurabh Aug 02 '17 at 17:08 — Saurabh, Aug 02 '17 at 17:08

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 01 '17 at 13:07

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You should use param for this case:

Scenario: Verify the get status
    Given path 'herbivore'
    And param id = 25
    When method get
    Then status 200

answered Aug 01 '17 at 13:07

Peter Thomas

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I am getting error Step param id doesn't have a matching glue code. – Saurabh Aug 01 '17 at 15:07
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@Saurabh there must be some other problem. Here is an example you can refer to: https://github.com/intuit/karate/blob/master/karate-demo/src/test/java/demo/greeting/greeting.feature – Peter Thomas Aug 01 '17 at 15:11
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Thanks that helped. – Saurabh Aug 01 '17 at 15:17
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If you are having @Saurabh's error remember to leave spaces between your query param name, the equality operator and the value. E.g. id=25 will fail. id = 25 is the right way. – pkanane May 07 '19 at 09:56

Karate API Tests - Escaping '?' in the url in a feature file

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