Rest API URL not working in spring boot

Question

This is my get method in spring boot

@GetMapping(value="/generateotp/{username}")
    public String generateOTP(@PathVariable(value = "username") String userName) {
        loginService.generateOTP(userName);
        return "OTP Generated";
    }

From my rest client I'm hitting with Url

http://localhost:8080/generateotp/shaik.moulali

But It is taking only shaik, it is neglecting after '.' part. But when I'm giving Url like http://localhost:8080/generateotp/shaikmoulali. It is accepting. Can I know the reason.

duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16332092/spring-mvc-pathvariable-with-dot-is-getting-truncated — Mumrah81, Jan 23 '18 at 08:20

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 23 '18 at 08:21

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If you want use some special characters, you have to set up a regex for Spring. See this link https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16332092/spring-mvc-pathvariable-with-dot-is-getting-truncated

answered Jan 23 '18 at 08:21

iLucas97

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Don't add links as answers. Put it as a comment – pvpkiran Jan 23 '18 at 08:25

Moulali · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-12T11:25:35.667

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By adding a / at the end of the url solved the issue.

http://localhost:8080/generateotp/shaik.moulali/

We can also solve this by giving that parameter in body as post request.

edited Apr 12 '18 at 11:25

answered Apr 10 '18 at 07:11

Moulali

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 10 '18 at 07:25

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. is not a valid in the way you are using. If a value is to be used in url they should be properly escaped. (shaik%2Emoulali)

Char that needs to be escaped.

So when you are making call to your controller try to send encoded url and that should work.

answered Apr 10 '18 at 07:25

Ekansh Rastogi

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Rest API URL not working in spring boot

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