LI81175: SOME UNICODE CHARACTERS IN JSON REQUEST FAIL THE REQUEST

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• Some unicode characters provided in JSON requests are considered
  invalid and
  cause the API request to fail.  This is caused by the internal
  representation of the
  JSON request using JSONX and these characters, although valid in
  JSON, are
  invalid in XML.
  

Local fix

• N/A
  

Problem summary

• Where the API Connect processing generated an XML representation
  of the JSON data (JSONX), this generation would fail when the
  data contained illegal XML characters.  These errors are now
  caught and these characters are escaped in the JSONX to allow
  these payloads not to cause a transaction failure.
  

Problem conclusion

• <span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255)">A fix will be
  delivered in the API Connect v5.0.8.7-ifix,
  v5.0.8.8,</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255, 255,
  255)"> and v2018.4.1.10 GA releases.</span>
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

• APAR is sysrouted FROM one or more of the following:

• APAR is sysrouted TO one or more of the following:

Fix information

• Fixed component name

  API CONNECT ENT

• Fixed component ID

  5725Z2201

Applicable component levels

• R18X PSY

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