Query value is passed correctly but does not return any results in the query API string
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I have a form that submit a query to an API. the parameter is passed correctly to the next page and I can print it as a test, but it is not passed to the API query
q='%"&Request.QueryString("id")&"%'
sometimes the result is just generic and does not include the query parameter. I can print it and the parameter is definitely passed to the page but it is just ignored or return an error: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Any ideas on how to fix this? not sure if it is a formatting issue or the way the page is loaded.
This requests the query parameter and displays it on the page as a test (correct value is returned)
Form page:
dim intID as String
intID = Request.QueryString("id")
Response.write(intID)Result Page:
This is the Query Parameter section:
Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
doc.Load("http://api.tradedoubler.com/1.0/products.xml; q='%"&Request.QueryString("id")&"%';tdCategoryId=168;%20category=test?token=B17495243749DAC9660980F6FB98495928DDX123")So when I use the browser - copy the link to the url with a parameter e.g. q=spain, I get the correct results but when embedded in the asp.net page, it doesn't work
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I have a form that submit a query to an API. the parameter is passed correctly to the next page and I can print it as a test, but it is not passed to the API query
q='%"&Request.QueryString("id")&"%'
sometimes the result is just generic and does not include the query parameter. I can print it and the parameter is definitely passed to the page but it is just ignored or return an error: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Any ideas on how to fix this? not sure if it is a formatting issue or the way the page is loaded.
This requests the query parameter and displays it on the page as a test (correct value is returned)
Form page:
dim intID as String
intID = Request.QueryString("id")
Response.write(intID)Result Page:
This is the Query Parameter section:
Dim doc As New XmlDocument()
doc.Load("http://api.tradedoubler.com/1.0/products.xml; q='%"&Request.QueryString("id")&"%';tdCategoryId=168;%20category=test?token=B17495243749DAC9660980F6FB98495928DDX123")So when I use the browser - copy the link to the url with a parameter e.g. q=spain, I get the correct results but when embedded in the asp.net page, it doesn't work
hm9 wrote:
http://api.tradedoubler.com/1.0/products.xml; q='%spain%';tdCategoryId=168;%20category=test?token=B17495243749DAC9660980F6FB98495928DDX123
That doesn't look like a valid URL. Compare it to the working URL you're loading in the browser.
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hm9 wrote:
http://api.tradedoubler.com/1.0/products.xml; q='%spain%';tdCategoryId=168;%20category=test?token=B17495243749DAC9660980F6FB98495928DDX123
That doesn't look like a valid URL. Compare it to the working URL you're loading in the browser.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined." - Homer
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The Url could be valid, but Request.Querystring("q") can't find "Q" because the call just parses the Url for "/?" and "&" It can find it if the Url was shaped like this
http://api.tradedoubler.com/1.0/products.xml?q=spain&c=seville
Otherwise you would have to write some custom code to parse your Url the way you have it formatted.
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