How can I add a url with blank in the smart value trigger by automation?

[Daniel Cattarius]

Hello,

I want to print a dynamic url with blank in a task.

Example:
In the plugin is the following syntax to fill the field description:
http://test.de/docs/{{version.name}}/test.pdf

After creating the task, the following text appears in the description field:
http://test.de/docs/Test 19.0/test.pdf

The problem is now the blank in the url. This breaks the url.

Is there a solution?

Regards

Daniel

[Daniel Cattarius · Accepted solution]

I found a solution:
http://test.de/docs/{{version.name.replace(" ","%20")}}/test.pdf

[Iago Docando]

Glad to see you found a convenient solution.

[Nick Menere]

Hi Daniel,

Strings have a method to URL encode them. The following should work:

http://test.de/docs/{{version.name.urlEncode}}/test.pdf

More info on encoding can be found at - https://docs.automationforjira.com/reference/text.html#encoding

Hope that helps.

Cheers,
Nick [Automation for Jira]
Co-founder

[Daniel Cattarius]

Before I wrote here I had already tried that and that did not work.

The urlEncode turns a blank character into a + sign.

[Nick Menere]

Apologies but you are correct. When the space is part of the path it should be encoded into "%20" but when it is part of the query it should be "+". sigh...

[Iago Docando]

blank spaces in URLs must be introduced as %20.

If nothing else comes up you could simply use Test_19.0 as a workaround. 

[Daniel Cattarius]

I know. But how can I manipulate {{version.name}}?