[SOLVED] Zapier - Prevent query parameter names getting URL encoded

Zapier - Prevent query parameter names getting URL encoded

We are running into an issue with Zapier where it's URL encoding our query parameter names which then doesn't get parsed correctly on API side. Our parameters might look like this:

Where.Name[eq]=john

however the parameter after it's being used in Zapier ends up looking like this:

Where.Name%5Beq%5D=john

Is there any way how to tell Zapier to not URL encode the query parameter name part?

Solution

Try using skipEncodingChars field in z.request (from version 11.3.2+)

https://github.com/zapier/zapier-platform/blob/a3bf8eefa6d0dc41c4001bd74f48873eb85ad1d9/packages/schema/docs/build/schema.md#:~:text=to%20false.-,skipEncodingChars,-no

skipEncodingChars | no | string | Contains the characters that you want left unencoded in the query params (req.params). If unspecified, z.request() will percent-encode non-ascii characters and these reserved characters: :$/?#[]@$&+,;=^@`\.