That makes sense then. Thanks
Sam Kasozi Information Systems Consultant HISP Uganda | GHSI - Uganda MOH - PH Emergency Operation Center +256 788 993565 | +256 757 662752 kaso...@gmail.com | skas...@pheoc.go.ug <kaso...@gmail.com> | Skype: sam.kasoziug On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Lars Helge Øverland <larshe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Sam, > > this is not documented, but we only accept a-z 0-9 / alphanumerical > characters + space for criteria filters and values. This is a security > measure to avoid SQL injection and other spooky stuff (think about someone > passing a drop table sql statement as a value). I think we can improve this > by coming up with a character white-list including dash. Input appreciated. > > Lars > > > On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Sam Kasozi <kaso...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Stephen, >> >> That might help in some scenarios, however in this case, a dash is one of >> the acceptable characters in a URL. Trying to encode it with '%2D' converts >> it back to a dash before being sent to the API. >> >> Sam Kasozi >> Information Systems Consultant >> HISP Uganda | GHSI - Uganda MOH - PH Emergency Operation Center >> +256 788 993565 | +256 757 662752 >> kaso...@gmail.com | skas...@pheoc.go.ug <kaso...@gmail.com> | Skype: >> sam.kasoziug >> >> On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 5:29 PM, <stepho...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Sam, may be try encoding the URL ... >>> >>> Try reading about urlencode ... For an appropriate language >>> >>> Which language are you using? >>> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone provided by Airtel Uganda. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Sam Kasozi <kaso...@gmail.com> >>> Sender: "Dhis2-users" >>> <dhis2-users-bounces+stephocay=gmail....@lists.launchpad.net>Date: >>> Sun, 2 Nov 2014 17:14:58 >>> To: dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net<dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net> >>> Subject: [Dhis2-users] Web API 'criteria' fails to recognize parameters >>> with >>> special characters >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net >>> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >>> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >> Post to : dhis2-users@lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~dhis2-users >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> >
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