Encoding a URI for a RESTful Service

Question

I am trying to call a java GET RESTful service with an email address from Ionic 2 (javascript). It works fine, however when I add a dot (e.g. .com) to the email address it looses all the characters from the dot when it reaches the service.

How do I encode the URI in order to send an email address to the service please?

I am using:

'/list/email/' + encodeURIComponent(email)

but if the email address is: email@domain.com, it reaches the service as email@domain.

I have tried:

'/list/email/' + email

'/list/email/' + encodeURI(email)

'/list/email/' + encodeURIComponent(email)

all give the same result

Thanks

The dot does not reach the server. only the characters before the dot — Richard, Aug 22 '16 at 09:21
Sorry Lukas, I don't understand your question. I want the email address to come out on the server the same way it is enetered on the client. — Richard, Aug 22 '16 at 09:21
This . might be considered as page ending like .jsp or .php .asp ....might be..I am not sure — Rajat Bhadauria, Aug 22 '16 at 09:22
what if you try to base64 encode that string and decode it on the server? or is that no option? — Lukas Abfalterer, Aug 22 '16 at 09:23
But why did things after . were discarded by the server ...Does anybody knows ?????? — Rajat Bhadauria, Aug 22 '16 at 09:28
I think the Server thinks its someone is requesting a File and removes the ".". — Lukas Abfalterer, Aug 22 '16 at 09:29
if I do `/email/something` it works. but `/something/email` doesn't — Richard, Aug 22 '16 at 09:33

Lukas Abfalterer · Answer 1 · 2016-08-22T09:45:23.817

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You could try to encode your E-Mail Address to a Base64 String.

var encodedData = window.btoa("test@test.com"); // encode a string
var decodedData = window.atob(encodedData); // decode the string

That's how you can decode a Base64 String on the Server

byte[] valueDecoded= Base64.decodeBase64(bytesEncoded);
System.out.println("Decoded value is " + new String(valueDecoded));

edited Aug 22 '16 at 09:45

answered Aug 22 '16 at 09:28

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Thanks Lukas. Can I decode the string in java on the server? – Richard Aug 22 '16 at 09:35
Of course you can decode the string on server, question on that has been answered on this thread:http://stackoverflow.com/questions/469695/decode-base64-data-in-java – gdyrrahitis Aug 22 '16 at 09:44

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 22 '16 at 09:39

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The FIX is simple. Just add a '/' on the end of the url

return this.http.get(this.BASE_URI + '/list/email/' + email + '/')

answered Aug 22 '16 at 09:39

Richard

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Ohh that was way simple then imagination – Rajat Bhadauria Aug 22 '16 at 09:40

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 22 '16 at 09:17

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You can use:

/somepath/{variable:.+}

answered Aug 22 '16 at 09:17

Văn Tuấn Phạm

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Hi Van, thanks for the answer, but I don't understand. I am doing this in a javascript function, and the syntax you use doesn't make sense to me? – Richard Aug 22 '16 at 09:23

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