BMC Serial numbers shall not include the space character

mei
Minnow

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BMC Serial numbers shall not include the space character Jan 2, 2020 2:39:56 GMT

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Post by mei on Jan 2, 2020 2:39:56 GMT

Hi All,

I am an software engineer focus on BMC, I'd like to know if Redfish specification states "Serial numbers shall not include the space character". ( Serial numbers means the ID in /redfish/v1/Systems/{ID}

In other words, Do we need to support the space in URI?

Please advise.

Thank You Very Much.

BR,
Mei

jautor
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BMC Serial numbers shall not include the space character Jan 2, 2020 20:22:15 GMT

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Post by jautor on Jan 2, 2020 20:22:15 GMT

No, the {ID} values used in Redfish resource URIs cannot contain spaces. This is called out explicitly in the Specification:

- URIs shall not include any RFC1738-defined unsafe characters.
For example, the {, }, , |, ^, ~, [, ], `, and \ characters are unsafe because gateways and other transport agents can sometimes modify these characters.
- Do not use the # character for anything other than the start of a fragment.
- URIs shall not include any percent-encoding of characters.

We know that parsing URIs is very difficult if spaces and other percent-encoded or unsafe characters are included, which is why it's forbidden by the specification.

Jeff

Last Edit: Jan 2, 2020 20:24:22 GMT by jautor

mei Minnow Posts: 4	BMC Serial numbers shall not include the space character Jan 3, 2020 1:38:44 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Back to Top Post by mei on Jan 3, 2020 1:38:44 GMT Hi jautor, Thank You so so much.

BMC Serial numbers shall not include the space character

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