Re: Meta-Data documentation

Ok, got the new docs almost ready, but have a doubt over the encoding for
sendsms.

What happens if I want to send data with "=", "?" or "&" ? Should I
double-urlencode it?

For example, if I want to send "mydata=Hello Goodbye"

Over sendsms, I'd probably get away with this:

meta-data=%3Fsmpp%3Fmydata=
Hello%20Goodbye

But, how do I code it if I want to send "mydata=Hello & Goodbye" or anything
carrying one of the delimiters? A single urlencoding won't do the trick
because the "&" inside the key/value pair would look identical to the one
separating the meta-data parameter from the rest.

Is the format like this then?:

URLENCODE(?URLENCODE(<smsc-type1>)?
URLENCODE(key1)=URLENCODE(value1)&URLENCODE(key2)=URLENCODE(value2)&...?URLENCODE(<smsc-type2>)?URLENCODE(key1)=URLENCODE(value1)&...
 )

or in other words:

URLENCODE( <urlencoded meta-data string> )

Regards,

Alejandro


On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 11:10 AM, Stipe Tolj <[email protected]> wrote:

> Alexander Malysh schrieb:
> > Hi,
> >
> > great thanks!
> >
> > Could you please better describe meta-data format because it unclear how
> > to code it, here is the format accepted by meta-data patch:
> >
> > meta-data = ?URLENCODE(group-name)?URLENCODE(key1)=URLENCODE(value1)...
> >
> > then if you send it e.g. for MT:
> >
> > .../sendsms?meta-data=URLENCODE(meta-data)
>
> great wok Alejandro.
>
> Agree'ing with Alex here. The encoding format of the HTTP GET 'meta-data'
> value
> has to be clear from the user's guide, especially the usage of the '?'
> question
> marks to separate the SMSC protocol module parts of the whole string.
>
> In fact I would generalize like this:
>
>  data =
> ?<smsc-type1>?key1=value1&key2=value2&...?<smsc-type2>?key1=value1&...
>  meta-data = urlencode( data )
>
> Stipe
>
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