Request Data Types
Request data may be encoded into several primitive types. Since all
data is eventually represented as UTF-8 strings, these types mostly define
what characters are considered valid for data of a specific type. Additional
validation rules may apply for specific parameters.
- Boolean - A case insensitive
Boolean value, represented as either “TRUE” or “FALSE”.
- Integer - An integer (whole
number).
- String - A string of characters.
- TimeStamp - The time and
date represented in RFC-882/RFC-1123 format
(e.g. “Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT“). The time and date must always
be represented in the GMT time zone, even if the server or client
uses a different default time zone.
- Array - An array of values.
Arrays are encoded by adding square brackets with an incrementing
0-based index number to the parameter name. For example, the array
parameter fruits = (“apple”,
“orange”, “banana”) is to be represented as follows:
fruits[0]=apple&fruits[1]=orange&fruits[2]=banana
Since request parameter names must be URL-encoded,
the above parameter will actually be sent as:
fruits%5B0%5D=apple&fruits%5B1%5D=orange&fruits%5B2%5D=banana
