embedded / (%2F) doesn't work

[D'Arcy]

When using hte REST API such as http://api.whatthetrend.com:80/api/trend/getByName/Rain%2Fsnow/json
returns a 404 Not Found error.

Searching at whatthetrend.com for Rain/snow takes you to
http://www.whatthetrend.com/trend/Rain/snow.

The Rain%2Fsnow comes from twitter for the query string. Is there a
way to query the whatthetrend API with %2F to have it return the
expected result?

Thanks,

..darcy

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D'Arcy Smith
CTO, TerraTap Technologies, Inc.

[Ingo Muschenetz]

It has to do with Apache's mod_rewrite decoding the encoded slash.

A quick workaround is to double-encode the Rain%2Fsnow trend name (to Rain%252Fsnow). That works. If anyone is familiar with a better workaround, we'd be happy to implement it.

Best,

Ingo