AW: XML parse failed

[Thomas Raddatz <thomas.raddatz@xxxxxx>]

Fritz,

What does the xml prolog header look like? Usually it should look like this, specifying utf-8 for the xml data stream:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

Also check the hex value of the German "ö" of "Röntgen". For utf-8 it should be x'c396'. If it actually is x'F6', then the actual encoding could be for example ISO-8859-1. If the parser expects utf-8, it throws an error, when it reads x'F6'.

The parser looks at the prolog header to select the proper encoding. If there is no prolog header, I strongly assume that it defaults to utf-8. So, if there is no xml prolog, look at the "Content-Type" header of the response message in your debug log, to figure out the encoding of the response message:

Here are some examples:

a) Encoding is ISO-8859-1.
Content-Type: text/xml;charset=ISO-8859-1

b) Encoding is utf-8.
Content-Type: text/xml;charset=utf-8

I am not sure about the deafult charset value of the content type header. But I assume, that it is us ascii.

But I strongly assume, that your parser expects utf-8, but gets another encoding such as ISO-8859-1.

Last but not least, here is where you should find the content type header:

recvresp(): entered
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:23:16 GMT
Content-Type: text/xml;charset=ISO-8859-1
Content-Length: 2877
Connection: close

Thomas.

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Von: ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ftpapi-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von Logic IT: Karl Fritz
Gesendet: Dienstag, 25. Oktober 2016 16:25
An: ftpapi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Betreff: XML parse failed

Hi Scott,

 

Using your HTTPAPI, i got this error:

XML parse failed at line 1, col 311: not well-formed (invalid token)

 

I think the reason for that is this XML expression:

<street>Röntgen Str.</street>

 

I compiled the HTTPAPI with CCSID 500 (Switzerland) but as it seems, it don't like characters like "ö".

If I run my app without special characters, I've no probs.

 

How can I solve it?

 

Thanks,

Karl

 

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