Issue with symbol “&” in REST API

Question

In REST API when I pass a value with &(ex: India & China), it throws error and when I checked it in browser it shows &amnp; in place of &.

https://test/_api/web/lists/GetByTitle('Team')/Items?$filter=(Title eq 'India & China')

What shall I do to fix this?

Try use encodeURI() on your value (see sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/164673/…) — Robert Lindgren, Jan 14 '16 at 8:51
yes, but it was not working by directly putting it to the url so I have taken a variable to store encodeURIComponent("India & China")+"') and then I added it to url. — KumarV, Jan 18 '16 at 5:50

Atish Dipongkor - MVP · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-14 09:16:27Z

You need to use encodeURIComponent() not encodeURI()

Query Url should look like

/_api/web/lists/GetByTitle('Team')/Items?$filter=(Title eq '"+encodeURIComponent("India & China")+"')

`encodeURIComponent()` vs `encodeURI()`

If list name contains any special character like /, ?, :, @, &, =, +, $ or #, then use encodeURI().

In $filter always use encodeURIComponent().