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Unreadable characters in HTTP_GET function module

former_member596005 — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 12:12:11 GMT

Hi All,

I am using HTTP_GET function module to get the exchange data through API. The function module able to return the status 200 but the response body of the function module returning unreadable characters. Do i need to pass any headers to get the exact output as when i check through Postman/web browser its returning exact data.

This is the reponse in the function module.

Please help me with this.

Re: Unreadable characters in HTTP_GET function module

Sandra_Rossi — Fri, 29 Oct 2021 15:09:50 GMT

Probably it's in UTF-8 encoding. No error here. Create an ABAP program to decode the UTF-8. Note that you should not use HTTP_GET. Use CL_HTTP_CLIENT and other classes, it will be easier for you to get directly the characters (implicit decode).

Re: Unreadable characters in HTTP_GET function module

former_member596005 — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 08:51:06 GMT

Hi Sandra,

Sorry for my late comment, Can you please help me with decoding?

Re: Unreadable characters in HTTP_GET function module

Sandra_Rossi — Wed, 24 Nov 2021 10:13:11 GMT

You have lots of examples in the Web how to use CL_HTTP_CLIENT. Method GET_CDATA to get the text (it will automatically decode if the request contains the header field "content-type" with mention to the utf-8 character set).