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Ghanshyam Kumar 9Ghanshyam Kumar 9 

Getting space for + sign in apex while reading value from URL

We have a requirement where we are encrypting Salesforce ID value using Crypto class method. Crypto.encryptWithManagedIV('AES128', key, data);

But it generates a key which contains + sign and when we read this value in apex we get space for that + sign.

We tried EncodingUtil.urlDecode and EncodingUtil.urlEncode. In that case + sign is getting converted into %2B and again we get space for that in the apex.

For Ex -

Encoded value in URL gAbH0FIEK5l2m8wVKTV+p4R5QLay2D9jZ2BgsyQ3mJ1/9puMMIne6y5P6i3ZRidl

Encoded value in Apex

gAbH0FIEK5l2m8wVKTV p4R5QLay2D9jZ2BgsyQ3mJ1/9puMMIne6y5P6i3ZRidl

can someone please suggest how to handle the situation?

We can handle spaces by replacing it with + sign. But I am not sure if it will throw an error for any specific characters/case.
Best Answer chosen by Ghanshyam Kumar 9
NagendraNagendra (Salesforce Developers) 
Hi Kumar,

Convert the string to URL encode 
EncodingUtil.urlEncode('gAbH0FIEK5l2m8wVKTV+p4R5QLay2D9jZ2BgsyQ3mJ1/9puMMIne6y5P6i3ZRidl','UTF-8');
Which will replace it to 
gAbH0FIEK5l2m8wVKTV%2Bp4R5QLay2D9jZ2BgsyQ3mJ1%2F9puMMIne6y5P6i3ZRidl
Now in class simply get it from apex using  
apexpages.currentpage().getparameters().get('parameter Name');and use it you will get expected output.
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Hope this resolves the issue.

Kindly mark this as solved if it's resolved so that it gets removed from the unanswered queue which results in helping others who are encountering a similar issue.

Thanks,
Nagendra