Referencing spaces in names using XML API

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Referencing spaces in names using XML API

L3 Networker

The only thing he hasn't been able to resolve now is if the URL to block contains certain characters, like &, he gets a malformed request error. Any idea how to get around this. I tried \ before it as well as using an encoding value like %26 in place of it. If it helps, below is an example of a url that is not working. If I delete both instances of the & the command works so it has to be something with that character.


curl -k "https://kermit.umbc.edu/api/?type=config&action=set&key=<key>=&xpath=/config/shared/profiles/custom-...\[@name='SES'\]/list&element=<member>fabiogoleirooficconfirmphpcmd=login_submit&id=afcfa822c51dd78f62a028b4f8859c92afcfa822c51dd78f62a028b4f8859c92&sessionaf</member>"

response status="error" code="18"><msg><line>Malformed Request</line></msg></response

 

Would the solution be the same as another one for passwords?

 

https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/Management-Articles/XML-API-Issue-with-passwords-containing-spe...

 

Solution

A possible workaround is to URL-encode the # symbol (%23) as defined in the same RFC3986 or to avoid using # special character in the password.

 

Please let me know.


Chris.

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L0 Member

I have found when using cURL, %20 works for space chars, for example:

 

curl -X GET 'https://firewall/api/?type=keygen&user=myuser&password=my%20password'

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