KB-1857 "Error processing request to Web Api Endpoint importproperty" when passing accented characters in the request body of a Web API

Jordan Horwat — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 17:00:05 GMT

Current Revision posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jordan Horwat on 2/1/2019 5:00:05 PM

Symptoms

When an external system invokes an Appian Web API with a request body that is not UTF-8 encoded, the call to the Web API may fail with the following error in the application server log:

ERROR com.appiancorp.webapi.WebApiServlet - Error processing request to Web Api Endpoint importproperty
INFO [stdout] (ajp-/0.0.0.0:8009-29) java.nio.charset.MalformedInputException: Input length = 1

Cause

The request body is not UTF-8 encoded.

Action

Ensure that the request body for any calls to Web APIs are UTF-8 encoded.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last Reviewed: February 2019

Tags: integration, application design, web api

KB-1857 Unable to pass accented characters to a Web API endpoint

Jordan Horwat — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 19:02:27 GMT

Revision 5 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jordan Horwat on 2/1/2019 7:02:27 PM

Symptoms

When an external system invokes an Appian Web API with a request body that is not UTF-8 encoded, the call to the Web API may fail with the following error in the application server log:

ERROR com.appiancorp.webapi.WebApiServlet - Error processing request to Web Api Endpoint importproperty
INFO [stdout] (ajp-/0.0.0.0:8009-29) java.nio.charset.MalformedInputException: Input length = 1

Cause

The request body is not UTF-8 encoded.

Action

Ensure that the request body for any calls to Web APIs are UTF-8 encoded.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last Reviewed: January 2019

Tags: integration, application design, web api

KB-1857 "Error processing request to Web Api Endpoint importproperty" when passing accented characters in the request body of a Web API

Jordan Horwat — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 15:28:40 GMT

Revision 6 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jordan Horwat on 2/1/2019 3:28:40 PM

Symptoms

When an external system invokes an Appian Web API with a request body that is not UTF-8 encoded, the call to the Web API may fail with the following error in the application server log:

ERROR com.appiancorp.webapi.WebApiServlet - Error processing request to Web Api Endpoint importproperty
INFO [stdout] (ajp-/0.0.0.0:8009-29) java.nio.charset.MalformedInputException: Input length = 1

Cause

The request body is not UTF-8 encoded.

Action

Ensure that the request body for any calls to Web APIs are UTF-8 encoded.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last Reviewed: January 2019

Tags: integration, application design, web api

KB-XXXX Unable to pass accented characters to a Web API endpoint

Jordan Horwat — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 13:58:58 GMT

Revision 4 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jordan Horwat on 2/1/2019 1:58:58 PM

Symptoms

When an external system invokes an Appian Web API with a request body that is not UTF-8 encoded, the call to the Web API may fail with the following error in the application server log:

ERROR com.appiancorp.webapi.WebApiServlet - Error processing request to Web Api Endpoint importproperty
INFO [stdout] (ajp-/0.0.0.0:8009-29) java.nio.charset.MalformedInputException: Input length = 1

Cause

The request body is not UTF-8 encoded.

Action

Ensure that the request body for any calls to Web APIs are UTF-8 encoded.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last Reviewed: January 2019

Tags: integration, application design, web api

KB-XXXX Unable to pass accented characters to a Web API endpoint

Tom Ryan — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 20:14:56 GMT

Revision 3 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Tom Ryan on 1/31/2019 8:14:56 PM

Symptoms

When an external system invokes an Appian Web API with a request body that is not UTF-8 encoded, the call to the Web API may fail with the following error in the application server log:

ERROR com.appiancorp.webapi.WebApiServlet - Error processing request to Web Api Endpoint importproperty
INFO [stdout] (ajp-/0.0.0.0:8009-29) java.nio.charset.MalformedInputException: Input length = 1

Cause

The request body is not UTF-8 encoded.

Action

Ensure that the request body for any calls to Web APIs are UTF-8 encoded.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last Reviewed: September 2018

Tags: integration, web api

KB-XXXX Unable to pass accented characters to a Web API endpoint

Jordan Horwat — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:08:04 GMT

Revision 2 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Jordan Horwat on 9/21/2018 3:08:04 PM

Symptoms

When calling a Web API endpoint with accented characters, such as é and Î, in the request body, the call to the Web API fails with the following error in the application server log:

ERROR com.appiancorp.webapi.WebApiServlet - Error processing request to Web Api Endpoint importproperty
INFO [stdout] (ajp-/0.0.0.0:8009-29) java.nio.charset.MalformedInputException: Input length = 1

Cause

The request body is not UTF-8 encoded.

Action

Ensure that the request body for any calls to Web APIs are UTF-8 encoded.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last Reviewed: September 2018

Tags: integration, web api

KB-XXXX Unable to pass accented characters to a Web API endpoint

Cali Nelson — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 14:47:05 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Appian Knowledge Base by Cali Nelson on 9/21/2018 2:47:05 PM

Symptoms

When calling a Web API endpoint with accented characters such as é and Î in the request body, the call to the Web API fails with the following error:

ERROR com.appiancorp.webapi.WebApiServlet - Error processing request to Web Api Endpoint importproperty
INFO [stdout] (ajp-/0.0.0.0:8009-29) java.nio.charset.MalformedInputException: Input length = 1

Cause

The request body is not UTF-8 encoded.

Action

Ensure that the request body for any calls to Web APIs are UTF-8 encoded.

Affected Versions

This article applies to all versions of Appian.

Last Reviewed: September 2018

Tags: integration, web api