[jira] [Commented] (NIFI-10754) Add Expression Language method to encode a URI
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Daniel Stieglitz commented on NIFI-10754:
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[~exceptionfactory] That was it thanks!
> Add Expression Language method to encode a URI
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> Key: NIFI-10754
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-10754
> Project: Apache NiFi
> Issue Type: New Feature
>Reporter: Daniel Stieglitz
>Assignee: Daniel Stieglitz
>Priority: Major
> Fix For: 1.20.0
>
> Time Spent: 3h 10m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
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> The Nifi Expression Language urlEncode method replaces white space with a +
> and not %20. That is fine for the query section of a URL but not the path.
> There are many Stackoverflow posts which detail the issue. Here is one,
> [URLEncoder not able to translate space
> character|https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4737841/urlencoder-not-able-to-translate-space-character]
> Our particular scenario is where we build a URL from attributes and then try
> to call the URL with InvokeHTTP
> e.g. of a URL with a space in its path
> {code:java}
> https://somehost/api/v1/somepath
> /actual?att1=something=somethingelse{code}
> from that URL we only encode the part which may have special characters
> {code:java}
> somepath /actual{code}
> urlEncode will convert that to
> {code:java}
> somepath+%2Factual{code}
> The + in the URL path is not the same as a blank space hence the call to
> InvokeHttp fails.
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David Handermann commented on NIFI-10754:
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[~dstiegli1] Perhaps you have a cached version?
https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/expression-language-guide.html#geturi
> Add Expression Language method to encode a URI
> --
>
> Key: NIFI-10754
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-10754
> Project: Apache NiFi
> Issue Type: New Feature
>Reporter: Daniel Stieglitz
>Assignee: Daniel Stieglitz
>Priority: Major
> Fix For: 1.20.0
>
> Time Spent: 3h 10m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
>
> The Nifi Expression Language urlEncode method replaces white space with a +
> and not %20. That is fine for the query section of a URL but not the path.
> There are many Stackoverflow posts which detail the issue. Here is one,
> [URLEncoder not able to translate space
> character|https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4737841/urlencoder-not-able-to-translate-space-character]
> Our particular scenario is where we build a URL from attributes and then try
> to call the URL with InvokeHTTP
> e.g. of a URL with a space in its path
> {code:java}
> https://somehost/api/v1/somepath
> /actual?att1=something=somethingelse{code}
> from that URL we only encode the part which may have special characters
> {code:java}
> somepath /actual{code}
> urlEncode will convert that to
> {code:java}
> somepath+%2Factual{code}
> The + in the URL path is not the same as a blank space hence the call to
> InvokeHttp fails.
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Daniel Stieglitz commented on NIFI-10754:
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[~exceptionfactory] I do not see getUri on NIFI Expression Language
[documentation page
|https://nifi.apache.org/docs/nifi-docs/html/expression-language-guide.html]
> Add Expression Language method to encode a URI
> --
>
> Key: NIFI-10754
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NIFI-10754
> Project: Apache NiFi
> Issue Type: New Feature
>Reporter: Daniel Stieglitz
>Assignee: Daniel Stieglitz
>Priority: Major
> Fix For: 1.20.0
>
> Time Spent: 3h 10m
> Remaining Estimate: 0h
>
> The Nifi Expression Language urlEncode method replaces white space with a +
> and not %20. That is fine for the query section of a URL but not the path.
> There are many Stackoverflow posts which detail the issue. Here is one,
> [URLEncoder not able to translate space
> character|https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4737841/urlencoder-not-able-to-translate-space-character]
> Our particular scenario is where we build a URL from attributes and then try
> to call the URL with InvokeHTTP
> e.g. of a URL with a space in its path
> {code:java}
> https://somehost/api/v1/somepath
> /actual?att1=something=somethingelse{code}
> from that URL we only encode the part which may have special characters
> {code:java}
> somepath /actual{code}
> urlEncode will convert that to
> {code:java}
> somepath+%2Factual{code}
> The + in the URL path is not the same as a blank space hence the call to
> InvokeHttp fails.
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