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I am trying to do a call to url 

http://example.com/controller/action?var1=CD14+%20MDM%20in%20GM-CSF%203%20days%20then%203%20days%20IFN-%CE%B3&var2=56&var3=ENSG00000115415

If you look at var1 that I am passing value 'CD14+ MDM in GM-CSF 3 days then 3days IFN-γ'.

When in the controller I try to get this var 1 using request.params.get("var1"), i get 'CD14 MDM in GM-CSF 3 days then 3days IFN-γ' with missing + and instead getting extra space after CD14

How can I pass + in my variable in url

mgilson
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This has an answer here. It says that + needs to be encoded as %2B.

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JD Hernandez
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If you are intended to use plus as a data component, instead of url component, You should pass %2B instead.

Javascript : 

var url = "http://example.com/controller/action?var1=CD14+%20MDM%20in%20GM-CSF%203%20days%20then%203%20days%20IFN-%CE%B3&var2=56&var3=ENSG00000115415";

//NOTE: this following wil lreplace all + to %2B
url = url.replace(/\+/g,"%2B");

console.log("new : ",url);
Jimish Fotariya
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Try '%2B' (as other have stated).

But if you are in Javascript, you could just use the built-in method for doing URL encoding called "encodeURIComponent". Note you need that and not "encodeURI" which will not encode reserved characters like '+'. See https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/encodeURIComponent

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