facebook api query string issue - api

I develop a facebook api with asp.net , I have to send query string but this querystring may include special characters like ( ı, ç ö, ş, ğ ). When I send query string with special characters, facebook returns me an error-
The URL http://apps.facebook.com/sportsfanarena/Results.aspx?s=13&co=3&ci=Bal%c4%b1kesir&g=0 is not valid.
The "ci" variable's value is "Balıkesir".
Is there any solution to handle it?

I believe you need to use URL encoding to send characters like that, though I may be mistaken.
Here is an online utility which will take text and encode/decode it in URL encoding.
Try encoding the word you are wanting to send using this utility, and then try your API request with the encoded text.

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Zapier - Prevent query parameter names getting URL encoded

We are running into an issue with Zapier where it's URL encoding our query parameter names which then doesn't get parsed correctly on API side.
Our parameters might look like this:
Where.Name[eq]=john
however the parameter after it's being used in Zapier ends up looking like this:
Where.Name%5Beq%5D=john
Is there any way how to tell Zapier to not URL encode the query parameter name part?
Try using skipEncodingChars field in z.request (from version 11.3.2+)
https://github.com/zapier/zapier-platform/blob/a3bf8eefa6d0dc41c4001bd74f48873eb85ad1d9/packages/schema/docs/build/schema.md#:~:text=to%20false.-,skipEncodingChars,-no
skipEncodingChars | no | string | Contains the characters that you want left unencoded in the query params (req.params). If unspecified, z.request() will percent-encode non-ascii characters and these reserved characters: :$/?#[]#$&+,;=^#`\.

URL Parameters for API

I am trying to connect to this API endpoint, some parameters such as roomTypes and addOns require more parameters inside them. What should the URL be like?
Here is what I am trying, unsuccessfully:
https://api.lodgify.com/v2/quote/308200/?arrival=2020-10-02&departure=2020-10-07&propertyId=308200&roomTypes=[Id=373125, People=5]&addOns=[]
See image of Documentation
The correct format of parameters are as following:
https://api.lodgify.com/v2/quote/{PropertyID}?arrival={DATE}&departure={DATE}&roomTypes[0].id={RoomID}&roomTypes[0].people={PEOPLE}
It seems like you have space (white space) between Id and People in your URL, an URL must not contain a literal space

Why when I send to a server keywords=C++ server drops plus signs?

I'm using Node.js and I found out that when I send GET call to a server with C++ then in SQL binding I get C(blank space)(bankspace) (checked with console.log(req.query.keywords) so essentialy the same length of the string, but no chars there.
When I use SELECT * FROM jobs WHERE keywords LIKE' %c++%'; it works normally and gives me results. Is there something I don't know about Node - like it's dropping signs like +?
I think the issue you're having is the same one outlined here: URLs and plus signs
The issue is that a GET is going to use the query string in the URL and plus signs need to be formatted (or encoded) similar to how a space is formatted as %20 in URLs. You could probably use or create a UrlEncoding method in your application.
In Node, I believe you can use something like: encodeURIComponent('C++')
The URL encoding for + is %2B

batchGet endpoint behavior with multiple photos

I am testing the photos.batchGet endpoint.
Per the API docs, it takes two URL parameters "view" and "photoIds". When I try the photoIds parameter, the request only works with one photoId. Using multiple photoIds fails.
I tried using a delimeter between the photoIds in the string (by using a comma, pipe, and space). I also tried not using a delimeter at all. Not using a delimeter returns a response for the last photoId in the string, but not for any of the other photoIds. In short, none of my requests appear to be working. Am I doing something wrong?
Also, depending on server configuration, I think it's recommended for the URL length to be under 2,000 characters. Anything above 30 photoIds would create URLs longer than this.
That being said, maybe it would be better to make this a POST request that accepts a JSON request body? Just a thought, but think this would be better suited. A lot of our tours are above 30 scenes, and we even had a tour with 700 scenes!
The description of the batchGet function was updated. Per the documentation you should pass photoIds as a string and the URL query parameter should be photoIds=<id1>&photoIds=<id2>.

Handle UTF-8 DataString ( Velocity/Struts )

Hey guys, lately, I use the combination of Struts and Velocity frameworks to create some website, the problem is that when I tried to input UTF-8 Japanese character, say, a field name, which I putted in the value of "索", then I click submit ( using ), the data would be passed to an AddForm, which I have the String name field to handle the name field. Problem is that, the received string is some strange letter than the expected string "索", I set all the workspace to UTF-8, in velocity.property ( input.coding/outputcoding = UTF-8 ), content-type/charset = UTF-8, but it always returns strange string, I could set the name field directly with : public void setName(String name) { this.name = "索" } and the confirm Add work fine, but not with normally insert it to name field on the addForm, someone could point me out what was wrong ? Thanks for patient reading :D.
I understood your problems is as follows, is this right?
you can send and display “索” correctly on client browsers,
but when the form is sent back to server, data is corrupted.
This is caused by mismatch between:
encoding in which the request is encoded (UTF-8 as you said) and
encoding by which the server decodes (ISO-8859-1 by default).
It can be solved by specifying server-side encoding (2nd of above) explicitly using CharacterEncodingFilter of Spring Framework.
(note: Japanese frameworks such as Seasar and TERASOLUNA have similar filter and articles on the problem.)