Cannot process url with vertical/pipe bar in Java/Apache HttpClient

apache, apache-commons-httpclient, apache-httpclient-4.x, java

Solution

try with `URLEncoder.encode()`

Note: you should encode string which is after `action=` not `complete URL`

post = new HttpPost("http://testurl.com/lists/lprocess?action="+URLEncoder.encode("LoadList|401814|1","UTF-8"));

Refernce http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/net/URLEncoder.html

Problem

If I want to process this url for example: ``` post = new HttpPost("http://testurl.com/lists/lprocess?action=LoadList|401814|1"); ``` Java/Apache won't let me because it says that the vertical bar ("|") is illegal. escaping it with double slashes doesn't work as well: ``` post = new HttpPost("http://testurl.com/lists/lprocess?action=LoadList\\|401814\\|1"); ``` ^ that doesn't work as well. Any suggestions how to make this work?

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