jersy path param with AES encryption

Question

I am using path param as a part of my api : I am sending form a spring boot application to a another servlet with has jersey as a REST framework. when I am sending i am doing :

 final String encrypt = aes.encrypt(customerId);    
 restTemplate.exchange(basicUrl+"/customer/{customer}"+ "?q=3",HttpMethod.GET, stringHttpEntity, ListingDto.class, encryptedcustomer);

and in the other side there is path param :

@GET
@Path("/customer/{customerId}")
@Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
public Response getLocationsByAccount(@QueryParam("q") String filter)

the problem is that the string which describe encryptedcustomer has inside / aign , so the jersey mapping dont know how to handle it , any thoughts how to do it right ?

Answer 1

You are sending the encrypted value inside the url so you can't use special characters as "/". You have to options:

• Change the servlet (if possible) to accept POST method.
• Escape the characters to ensure that you are sending a valid request. See here for a detailed examples When are you supposed to use escape instead of encodeURI / encodeURIComponent?