Automation - Web Request - URL parsing

[lcrusan]

Hello,

I created a web request automation and this works:

https://dev.azure.com/instance/team/_apis/wit/workitems/$Bug?api-version=7.1-preview.3

However, this does not:

https://dev.azure.com/instance/team/_apis/wit/workitems/$Product Backlog Item?api-version=7.1-preview.3

I believe the spaces in "Product Backlog Item" are breaking the call. Is this a bug or feature? In either case is there a workaround?

Thanks

[Mark Segall · Accepted solution]

Hi @lcrusan and welcome to the community!

Yes, spaces are an issue with URLs so I would try encoding the spaces with something like this:

https://dev.azure.com/instance/team/_apis/wit/workitems/$Product%20Backlog%20Item?api-version=7.1-preview.3

[lcrusan]

That did it, thanks!