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I am trying to use a Web Request in Sharepoint 2016 to move files from once folder to another using the following request:

Note the %3B in the filename. (%3B = Semicolon). It returns Unexpected error occurred while making the request.

I have tried the ; directly with no luck as well. Is there another way to escape or encode the semicolon to make it work?

Thank-you!

URL: http://mywebsite/mysharepointsite/_vti_bin/_vti_aut/author.dll

POST

Headers:

Name: X-Vermeer-Content-Type

Value: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Content:

method=move+document:14.0.2.5420&service_name=/&oldUrl=Published Documents/test%3Bdoc%2Epdf&newUrl=Published Documents/2016/test%3Bdoc%2Epdf&url_list=[]&rename_option=findbacklinks&put_option=overwrite,migrationsemantics

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  • This is a Sharepoint API question. I mentioned NINTEX to give people reference that I am not looking for a coded solution. – Chris ten Den Jan 18 '17 at 15:30
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Have you use '\' for escape character in REST API because special characters are not used in rest API so we need to escape this characters.

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  • That works brilliantly. I never would have expected that \%3B would work, but it does. – Chris ten Den Jan 18 '17 at 19:47
  • Yes, In REST API for escape character we need to use '\' for all special character. – Samir Khimani Jan 19 '17 at 3:43

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