URL encoding with SharePoint URL and cURL

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I am new to using CURL. I am trying to connect to a SharePoint URL and pull the data in the form of json. My URL looks like this:

.../_api/web/lists/GetByTitle('titles list')/items

If I give the URL as it is without any encoding, it fails with a HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request error.

I tried using -G and --data-urlencode like below:

curl -v -G -L --ntlm --user user:password -H 'Accept: application/json;odata=verbose' ".../_api/web/lists/GetByTitle" --data-urlencode "('titles list')" -d "/items"

doing this will convert my URL to .../_api/web/lists/GetByTitle?%28%27titles%20list%27%29&/items

But it fails with HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found since using -G will append to the URL with a ? and & . Putting ? and & to append to the URL will give me a different URL and hence the 404 not found error.

I have no issues accessing other end points like ../_api/web/lists since there is no need to encode it I guess.

How do I properly encode my URL and get the data without any errors?

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

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– jww, Commented Feb 13, 2018 at 16:31

Hemanth · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-13 16:46:40Z

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I was able to solve the issue by directly giving URL with the encoded characters to cURL command. Like this:

curl -v -L --ntlm --user user:password -H 'Accept: application/json;odata=verbose' ".../_api/web/lists/GetByTitle%28%27titles%20List%27%29/items"

I hope this helps someone. I know I am no expert with linux or cURL and any better answers to this are welcome.

answered Feb 13, 2018 at 16:46

Hemanth

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