LI79887: JSON UNICODE CONTROL CHARACTERS CAUSE XML PARSER FAILURE

APAR status

• Closed as program error.

Error description

• In API Connect 5.0.7.2, while parsing a json string, you may
  encounter a parser failure.
  
  For example in the following gatewayscript:
  
  apim.output('application/JSON');
  session.output.write('"myVarName":
  "\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000\u0000"');
  
  may result in
  
  { "httpCode": "500", "httpMessage": "Internal Server Error",
  "moreInformation": "Valid base64 passed to dp:decode resulted
  in non UTF8: '....'" }
  

Local fix

Problem summary

• Unicode control characters inside of a JSON payload result in a
  parse error.
  

Problem conclusion

• The fix is targeted for V5.0.8.2.
  

Temporary fix

Comments

APAR Information

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• 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