If you are developing or already using REST, please be advised that only the special characters listed below are allowed to be used.  Any special characters that are not on this list are not allowed.

 

List A: Permitted:

  • .!"£$€%&/()=? @#[]*§°\{}^;:|,*_-+ ' ’<> 
  • abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
  • 0124356789
  • äöüßàèìòùÀÈÌÒÙáéíóúý
  • ÁÉÍÓÚÝâêîôûÂÊÎÔÛãñõÃÑÕ
  • äëïöüÿÄËÏÖÜŸçÇßØøÅåÆæœì

 

The usage of the following non-printable characters is prohibited, to avoid future challenges and because they can cause problems to other API users (NOTE: the list is not exhaustive):

 

List B: Prohibited:

  • Null (NUL): \0
  • Bell (BEL): \a
  • Backspace (BS): \b
  • Horizontal Tab (HT): \t
  • Line Feed (LF): \n
  • Vertical Tab (VT): \v
  • Form Feed (FF): \f
  • Carriage Return (CR): \r
  • Escape (ESC): \e

 

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