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Mark S.115
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

Problem with API share link

I'm trying to get a share link using the API. I have a problem when I try to get a link to a file with a rev number. For example, myfile (5).txt In these cases the numbers were added by your system...
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Mark S.115's avatar
Mark S.115
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

I'm using Corona SDK. They have a function network.request. I have used this to GET a file with that name without a problem but this post is not working. In both cases I am sending the request in raw, I'm not substituting + for space or anything.

Do I need to encode a parenthesis or can I just send it?

I will post some code tomorrow. My computer is at my office. I discovered the problem shortly before going home and am sitting on the couch obsessing.

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