# Uri module reports "URL can't contain control character"

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/uri-module-reports-url-cant-contain-control-character/2638>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** error\
**Created:** [November 29, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/uri-module-reports-url-cant-contain-control-character/2638 "2023-11-29T21:54:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![chris](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/ansible/user_avatar/forum.ansible.com/chris/32/293_2.png) [@chris](https://forum.ansible.com/u/chris)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 9:59pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/uri-module-reports-url-cant-contain-control-character/2638/2 "2023-11-29T21:59:49Z")

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Try [URL encoding](https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.asp) the URL by changing the space characters to `%20`?

```yaml
- name: Get URL
  ansible.builtin.uri:
    url: "https://{{ hostname }}:8443/api/v2/storage-systems?filter=name%20eq%20'http://hostname.example.com'"

```

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