How to pass empty string in endpoint i.e. URL containing '//' in HTTPRequest?

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Hi Team,

How can I pass empty string in HTTPRequest endpoint? In postman it works as expected where as UiPath keeps throwing API Error 500.

I have tried using string variable and assign nothing to it. No luck.

Sample endpoint: https://api.myweb.com/api//balance

Thanks…

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hi @ByteBreaker ,

Did you actually assign an empty string to the variable?
Eg. Assign strVariable = “” ?

Have you tried assigning strVariable = “”“” with extra double quote marks?

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No, it does not work. It ends with quotes in string not null.

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@Keegan_Kosasih

You have to use jsonconvert.SerializeObject(jsonstring)

And in json string use null directly and it will be replaced with actual null as you need

Eg: json string would be - {"key1":"value","key2":null}

Cheers

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Hi @Anil_G, I am working with endpoint which is string, I am not sure how can I pass JSON string here? Isn’t this solution for body section?

Thanks

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@ByteBreaker

This is for body…

Can you show how the endpoint looks in postman

Cheers

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Something like this

https://api.abcde.myapp.sh/api/v1/cool//balance?accountIds=123456

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@ByteBreaker

Looks like ypu need a // so try //// like this

Cheers

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As this is a dynamic value and sometimes I need to pass it empty, the endpoint works without any issue with values. However, once it’s empty, it causes issues. Unfortunately, I cannot hardcode ‘////’ in the endpoint.

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Hi @ByteBreaker

Can you please share the error screenshot.

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With Value

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With null

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I mocked api for the scenario, I didn’t face any issue passing empty value directly.

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you can try this api and let me know if you face the issue. If not maybe the issue related to something else.

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@ByteBreaker

You need not hardcode it …if that is working use str.Replace("//","////")

Cheers

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Thank @Anil_G for prompt response. It is not working.

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@aravindbalineni123 does this api accept values as well? Just to add previous context, this is dynamic URL and sometime null and sometimes values need to be passed.

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created just now. pass value test like below:
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And Also it works when I pass it as a dynamic string.

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Just to extend your example, let’s see this is normal endpoint https://7oqeo.wiremockapi.cloud/json/123345/1
(This one should return 200)

and sometime with null this’ll be endpoint
https://7oqeo.wiremockapi.cloud/json//1
(This one should return 404)

Both needs to work (do not have 2 endpoints), so you can define it as a string
strEndPoint = “https://7oqeo.wiremockapi.cloud/json/tmp/1”

and try using replace for tmp with nothing and please confirm it works. As First endpoint is not valid one, I can not test in my local.

Appreciate your help Aravind.

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Yes. It did work for me.

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I used tmp and replaced it with String.Empty

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You have defined your end point as //. It will not expect any value between those //.

I tried for my endpoint and still getting:

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