OIM REST API Not Returning Expected Result When Query String Contains & ("count": 0) (Doc ID 2742762.1)

Last updated on JANUARY 18, 2022

Applies to:

Identity Manager - Version 11.1.2.3.161018 and later
Information in this document applies to any platform.

A User in Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) contains in the user login field an &

To retrieve the user A&xxxx using the OIM REST API one would think that using the following call will bring the user

GET $HTTP_PROTOCOL://$OIM_HOST:$OIM_PORT/iam/governance/selfservice/api/v1/users?q=User::Login eq A&xxxx

however as seen below, no user is returned ("count": 0)

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