Best Practices for delopers

URL encoding

If the your item code contains special characters like slashes /, you need to properly encode it before appending it to the URL. Otherwise, the browser or server may misinterpret the URL structure (e.g., by treating slashes as path separators).

In JavaScript, use encodeURIComponent() to safely encode the product code:

🔍 Example: `encodeURIComponent`

🔍 Example: Axios

🔍 Example: `XMLHttpRequest`

API accepts URL-encoded values

Make sure that the API accepts URL-encoded values (e.g., %2F) as part of the path. If the backend decodes the value properly, it will work.
Otherwise, consider passing the product code as a query parameter instead:

https://fake_url.com/api/v1/products?code=ABC%2F123%2FXYZ

Best Practices for delopers

URL encoding#

URL encoding