SOLVED addzonerecord txt not working with spaces

[kjg]

Can't get addzonerecord to work with txt records that includes spaces (such as spf records)

Works fine to add a txt record with txtdata="test" or txtdata="v=spf1-a-~all":
https://server:2087/json-api/addzon...domain.com&class=IN&ttl=300&type=TXT&txtdata="test"

but not "test test" or "v=spf1 a -all":
https://server:2087/json-api/addzon...domain.com&class=IN&ttl=300&type=TXT&txtdata="v=spf1 a -all"

(Same issue with whm api version 0 and 1)

Any ideas what the problem might be?

 

[andrew.n]

try to use ' instead of " like or vice versa:

'txtdata="v=spf1-a-~all'

 

[kjg]

We tried ' and " but non of them works when there are space in txtdata unfortunatly

 

[kjg]

Thank you Andrew
Your comment put me on the right track and I found that the old program that was the problem, use curl and without urlencodeing txt it did not work
Changed to urlencode ('v=spf1 a -all') and now it works fine

Time to update that program to use a little bit more modern approach, but since it now works I guess that will be later... much later

 

[andrew.n]

very well, good job

 

[cPRex]

If there's ever an API issue, I always recommend trying the call directly on the command line to see if it processes normally there. If so, there could be other issues besides the call itself.