I think there's some confusion here. The data you're sending loo= ks like JSON to me, which in this case is one format you could use to trans= mit two key-value pairs.=A0 Percent encoding is an alternative format.

I'd expect the percent-encoded equivalent to look like: username=3Dt= hird_party_int%40bluefish.com&pas= sword=3Dredfish

Whatever you used to construct that json string should be replaced with = some CGI.escape()-using algorithm.

*unless the server is actually expecting to receive a single entity (whi= ch is a json string) -- in which case to be x-www-form-urlencoded you shoul= d prefix the value (the json string) with a form field name, e.g. "myj= sonstring=3D" + CGI.escape(requestContent)

On Sep 22, 2012 3:42 PM, "Jeff Tanner"= <lists@ruby-forum.com> w= rote:

Hi

From wikipedia on "percent-encoding":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding

"Percent-encoding, also known as URL encoding, ... is also used in the=
preparation of data of the "application/x-www-form-urlencoded" me= dia
type."

With the following code, do I need to make "requestContent"
"percent-encoded" by calling "CGI.escape()"?;

=A0 =A0 request =3D Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
=A0 =A0 request.body =3D requestContent
=A0 =A0 request["Content-Type"] =3D "application/x-www-form-= urlencoded"

Here is an example of "requestContent" value:

{"username":"third_party_int@bluefish.com","password":"redfish&= quot;}

Which when making it "percent-encoded" using "CGI.escape()&q= uot;:

%7B%22username%22%3A%22third_party_int%40bluefish.com%22%2C%22password%22%3A%22redfish%22%7D
If I send "requestContent" as is (without making it "percent= -encoded")
to the remote service endpoint expecting "urlencoded", then the s= ervice
request succeeds. However, if I do make "requestContent" to be "percent-encoded" by calling "CGI.escape()", then the s= ervice request
fails.

Curious, with the declaration of "request["Content-Type"] = =3D
"application/x-www-form-urlencoded"", is this making "r= equest.body" to
be "percent-encoded", and that is why I do not need to assign a "percent-encoded" value?

Thanks

- Jeff in Seattle
If I do not use CGI.escape upon

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