Escaping '&' in args of restTemplate.getForObject

[aliholman]

Hi there,

I'm having trouble when I use '&' in a args parameter for restTemplate.getForObject. The RestTemplate seems to think it is another parameter in the url and thus cuts the String I'm posting from the '&'.

Here is my example:

Map<String, String> vars = new HashMap<String, String>();
vars.put(CommonWebConstants.RPXSocialNetworking.AP I_KEY,"xxxxxxxxx")

vars.put(CommonWebConstants.RPXSocialNetworking.ID ENTIFIER,"http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=xxxxxx");
vars.put(CommonWebConstants.RPXSocialNetworking.ST ATUS, "trying to escape & so doesn't cut off post");

String result = restTemplate.getForObject("https://myurl.com/api/v2/set_status?apiKey={apiKey}&identifier={identifier} &status={status}",String.class, vars);

My problem is with the status.. this could be any text typed by the user and may include '&' in the text. The result of this is 'trying to escape '. It sees the '&' as a new parameter and truncates the rest. I have tried escaping the '&' with &amp; and %26 but these just print out.

Please help!!

Thanks,

Ali

[aliholman]

I've now resolved this issue by using the getForObject method that takes a URI - this one doesn't do any encoding and so I can encode the text myself and handles the ampersand.