How to escape a space character in the field orgUnitPath in the search parameter in the users.list method of the Directory API

Question

I'm trying to write a simple python program that uses admin-sdk (Google Directory API) to search for all users within a certain OU. The problem I encounter is that there is a space character in one of the containers and my code breaks down at this point. I am certain that that space is the problem. How to escape the space character or is there another solution?

Here is the code that causes the problem:

results = service.users().list(query='orgUnitPath=/local/example/IAM Users',customer='my_customer', maxResults=500,orderBy='email').execute()

If I change this to the following, then it works fine. It only breaks at the space in the "IAM Users" container:

results = service.users().list(query='orgUnitPath=/local/example',customer='my_customer', maxResults=500,orderBy='email').execute()

Thanks!

The error I get is this: ...raise HttpError(resp, content, uri=self.uri) googleapiclient.errors.HttpError: — M Azim, Feb 04 '19 at 09:21

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Feb 05 '19 at 13:45

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Solution:

results = service.users().list(query="orgUnitPath='/local/example/IAM Users'",
                               customer='my_customer',
                               maxResults=500,
                               orderBy='email').execute()

edited Feb 05 '19 at 13:45

snakecharmerb

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answered Feb 04 '19 at 15:00

M Azim

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How to escape a space character in the field orgUnitPath in the search parameter in the users.list method of the Directory API

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