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POIn Java, using HttpPost (apache commons HttpClient) when sending JSON POST - should I URL encode the body?
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copied!<p>I'm sending a RESTful JSON POST request using <a href="http://hc.apache.org/httpcomponents-client-ga/" rel="nofollow">Apache HttpClient</a> (to a 3rd party API)</p> <ul> <li><p>Should I URL encode the JSON body? </p></li> <li><p>And if something in the content is already URL encoded (e.g. I send HTML that has some links with URL encoded chars, e.g. @22) should I expect to get the content as is on the other side without it being decoded?</p></li> </ul> <p>E.g. if i'm doing something like this </p> <pre><code>String html = "<a href='http://example.com?charOfTheDay=%22'>click me</a>"; // Build the JSON object JSONObject jsonObj = new JSONObject(); jsonObj.put("html", html); jsonObj.put("otherKey",otherValue); //... // Create the POST object and add the parameters HttpPost httpPost = new HttpPost(url); StringEntity entity = new StringEntity(jsonObj.toString(), HTTP.UTF_8); entity.setContentType("application/json"); httpPost.setEntity(entity); HttpClient client = new DefaultHttpClient(); HttpResponse response = client.execute(httpPost); </code></pre> <p>Should I expect getting the same value on the receiving end, after getting the value of the "html" key?</p> <p>e.g. on the receiving end</p> <pre><code>//after parsing the request string to a JSON object String html = inputJsonObject.get("html") // should return "<a href='http://example.com?charOfTheDay=%22'>click me</a>" </code></pre> <p>Are there any other steps I need to do to make sure what I send is what is received "as is"?</p>

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