RESTAPI: REST Outbound Request contains extra \ For Every Occurrence Of / (Doc ID 2555315.1)

Last updated on APRIL 04, 2025

Applies to:

Symptoms

On : 18.11 version, Siebel EAI

In REST Outbound scenario,while passing the custom header/data to external system where ever there is a / character in the request another \ is getting added before it which should be avoided
   

Changes

1. Follow the document IP17 How To Set Up And Test Outbound RESTFul API Services (Doc ID 2409710.2)  and follow the instructions mentioned in III. Generating the OpenAPI SWAGGER , IV. Creating Siebel Proxy Objects and V. Testing the Outbound RESTFul API Call
2. From business service Simulator, execute business service "REST_pet" and method: "user:post"
   
   Input arguments are passed as Accept: application/json and  "MyCustomHeader" as "ABCD/"
   
   In siebeljbs.log
   
   [SIEBEL INFO] Thread[http-nio-8002-exec-4,5,main] [2019-05-03 07:25:27.835] [JBSFactory] Returning the Object to JMS Pool with SiebelTaskID: win2012r2std1782580915936com.siebel.apps.shared.xmlp.RESTOutboundBusvc
   [SIEBEL INFO] Thread[http-nio-8002-exec-8,5,main] [2019-05-03 07:27:08.251] [JBSFactory] Borrowing the object from JMS Pool with SiebelTaskID: win2012r2std1782580915936com.siebel.apps.shared.xmlp.RESTOutboundBusvc
   [SIEBEL INFO] Thread[http-nio-8002-exec-8,5,main] [2019-05-03 07:27:08.251] [RESTOutbound] Target URL : http://petstore.swagger.io/v2/user
   [SIEBEL INFO] Thread[http-nio-8002-exec-8,5,main] [2019-05-03 07:27:08.251] [RESTOutbound] UserName : null
   [SIEBEL INFO] Thread[http-nio-8002-exec-8,5,main] [2019-05-03 07:27:08.251] [RESTOutbound] calling conversion module to convert PS into JSON
   [SIEBEL INFO] Thread[http-nio-8002-exec-8,5,main] [2019-05-03 07:27:08.252] [RESTOutbound] converted JSON : { "body" :{"Accept":"application\/json","MyCustomHeader":"ABCD\/"}}
   [SIEBEL INFO] Thread[http-nio-8002-exec-8,5,main] [2019-05-03 07:27:08.258] [RESTOutbound] calling HttpCaller module for outbound call
   [SIEBEL INFO] Thread[http-nio-8002-exec-8,5,main] [2019-05-03 07:27:09.212] [RESTOutbound] response from outbound call :
   [SIEBEL INFO] Thread[http-nio-8002-exec-8,5,main] [2019-05-03 07:27:09.212] [RESTOutbound] calling conversion module to convert  JSON into PS
   [SIEBEL INFO] Thread[http-nio-8002-exec-8,5,main] [2019-05-03 07:27:09.213] [JBSFactory] Returning the Object to JMS Pool with SiebelTaskID: win2012r2std1782580915936com.siebel.apps.shared.xmlp.RESTOutboundBusvc

Here could see that for every occurrence of /, extra \ is getting added

Cause

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