I am trying to extract data from a web site, using Insomnia, by POSTing an API-request that I've copied directly from the specific request (via cURL (bash)).
Here is the JSON (which I assume is causing the error?):
{
"operationName": "Holdings",
"variables": {
"countrycode": "DE",
"languagecode": "de_DE",
"fundid": "27854"
},
"query": "query Holdings($fundid: String\\u0021, $countrycode: String\\u0021, $languagecode: String\\u0021) {\\n Portfolio(\\n fundid: $fundid\\n countrycode: $countrycode\\n languagecode: $languagecode\\n ) {\\n fundname\\n producttype\\n assetclass\\n portfolio {\\n topholdings {\\n asofdate\\n hldngname\\n geocode\\n sectorname\\n brkdwnpct\\n frequency\\n calcbasislocal\\n calctypelocal\\n allocflag\\n hasderivatives\\n }\\n dailyholdings {\\n asofdate\\n frequency\\n secticker\\n isinsecnbr\\n cusipnbr\\n secname\\n quantityshrpar\\n origcouponrate\\n sctrname\\n pctofnetassets\\n mktvalue\\n notionalmktvalue\\n secexpdate\\n assetclasscatg\\n mktcurr\\n contracts\\n }\\n fullholdings {\\n asofdate\\n asofdatestd\\n frequency\\n secticker\\n isinsecnbr\\n cusipnbr\\n secname\\n quantityshrpar\\n origcouponrate\\n sctrname\\n pctofnetassets\\n mktvalue\\n notionalmktvalue\\n secexpdate\\n assetclasscatg\\n mktcurr\\n contracts\\n finalmaturitydate\\n investmentcategory\\n }\\n }\\n }\\n}\\n"
}
Here is the error-message that I keep on getting:
"errors": \[
"Syntax Error: Cannot parse the unexpected character "\\\\"."
\]
I can't seemed to find this syntax error, and also don't understand how a syntax error could be made if the cURL have been directly copied?
Any help will be great!
I've checked the query-URL as well as headers, and these seem to be fine, and also similar to what I've used in the past (with success).
A newline is formatted as \n
instead of \\n
.
If you do a double backslash \\
, then you'll escape the second backslash \
, rendering it literal. Although this looks intentional between the String and unicodes. (String\\u0021
), as you probably want a single backslash there.
A single backslash is pretty sensitive in escaping itself and breaking the code, so some programs have to take self-measures to escape a backslash with another backslash to parse it correctly. It's always worth to double-check the backslashes by generated code.