How to set character set of URL which is called from GetMethod in Java?

Asked Mar 12 '15 at 09:49

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I am trying to call url from java servlet with GetMethod:

HttpMethod method = new GetMethod(url);
method.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "text/plain; charset=" + "UTF-8");

Error message:

Invalid uri 'https://test.com/test?partner_deal=deal&username=Arto.Kank¿¿¿¿': Invalid query

It seems that problem is with encoding, because username should be Arto.Kankää How to fix it?

edited Mar 12 '15 at 10:10

peterh

asked Mar 12 '15 at 09:49

user3498268

URLs don't have charsets, they have a defined encoding. It is the *content* of the URL that has a charset. You need to encode your URL correctly. – user207421 Mar 12 '15 at 10:09
Also see [this](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10679214/how-do-you-set-the-content-type-header-for-an-httpclient-request) – Raghuram Mar 12 '15 at 10:18
`URLEncoder.encode("Arto.Kankää")` could help? – user3498268 Mar 12 '15 at 11:42

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