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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