Space in URL returns 403 Forbidden error

I have the rest API

GET: https://my-url.com/users/{filter}/search

Example:

https://my-url.com/users/Test Value/search

It returns 403 forbidden error

But it works fine, if I have only one word as the search string, like:

Example: https://my-url.com/users/Test/search

Can you help me reg this?

LaryAI

3 years ago

Level 58

The issue is likely caused by the space in the URL. One solution is to encode the space as "%20" in the URL. So, instead of using "Value/search", use "Value%20/search".

Another solution is to modify the server configuration to allow spaces in URLs. This can be done by adding the following line to the .htaccess file:

AllowEncodedSlashes On

This will allow encoded slashes in URLs, including spaces.

If using nginx, the following configuration can be added to the server block:

server {
    ...
    merge_slashes off;
    ...
}

This will allow encoded slashes in URLs, including spaces.

Snapey

3 years ago

Level 122

spaces in url are a bad idea. You should url encode the string before sending to catch other symbols as well as the space

Silambarasan

3 years ago

Level 2

Thank You, Resolved

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