Encoding error in ajax request to rails application

Question

I am working on an application in which i have a situation to send text data to backend through Ajax call.

But when the text "%" occurs in the text to be sent through ajax, i get the below response from my rails app

Internal Server Error 
invalid %-encoding

i tried adding escape characters infrot of % symbol, but its not useful.

Any suggestion on this issue would be helpful.

Jquery ajax call used :

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thanks, Balan

Can you show the javascript code you are using for the ajax request? — Andrew Nesbitt
– Andrew Nesbitt, Commented Jul 31, 2012 at 9:47
Sure. I have updated the question with the actual jquery code used.. — balanv
– balanv, Commented Jul 31, 2012 at 10:03

Andrew Nesbitt · Accepted Answer · 2012-07-31 10:07:02Z

1

You can pass jquery an object for the data option and it should correctly escape it for you:

$.ajax({
  type: "POST",
  url: "/controller",
  data: {
    text: text_from_text_area,
    current_poster: current_poster
  },
  success: function(data){
    alert(data);
  }
});

See the docs here: http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.ajax/

answered Jul 31, 2012 at 10:07

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