REST query 'getbytitle' gives an error message in IE

Question

I am trying to access tasks list using REST call using

site_url/_api/web/lists/getbytitle(‘tasks') in Internet Explorer.

It displays the message "The webpage cannot be found".

However i could get the results for site_url/_api/web/ and site_url/_api/web/lists

Answer 1

If this is exactly the URL you used in IE, there's a typo with the first apostroph sign: ‘ instead of a plain '.