Cannot url Encode pullRequest.title smartvalue

[joshua.peeling]

I am trying to set up a Jira automation rule for my project that will get triggered when a pull request is created. As part of the rule, I want to perform an api web request to gitlab using the title of the pull request as a query parameter. 

When I try to do

https://my-gitlab-api-url?search={{pullRequest.title.urlEncode}}

I am getting back a 500 response. I've tried the alternate approach as well by doing 

https://my-gitlab-api-url?search={{#urlEncode}}{{pullRequest.title}}{{/}}

and this does not work either. It doesn't seem that I can get the pullRequest.title smart value to be url encoded. Am I missing something? Thanks.

[Sherry Goyal · Accepted solution]

Hello Joshua

Thanks for writing to us. If title is String value, then urlEncode should work on it. 
500 response code does not means that URL was not encoded, seems like some other issue.

I would request you do some research at your end:

• Try using "Log Action" in rule and Log message "{{pullRequest.title.urlEncode}}" as part of the rule and then check in audit logs what is the result.
• Then try forming a URL , check if it looks good to you, try hitting it in your browser: https://my-gitlab-api-url?search={result from above step} and see if this is actually giving results you are looking for.

For help in debugging you can refer document: https://support.atlassian.com/jira-software-cloud/docs/debug-a-rule/

If encoding is happening(which I believe is) then probably you are forming wrong query param, might will have to try correct url. 

Hope this helps!

Cheers
Sherry

[joshua.peeling]

Thanks! I added a "Log Action" as you suggested in the rule, and was able to figure out the problem. It was a misformatted query param like you mentioned. Once I restructured the URL it worked like a charm. Much appreciated!

[Sherry Goyal]

@joshua.peeling Good to hear this!