From: J-N-K <J-N-K@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2021 20:29:22 +0000 (+0100)
Subject: [http] add note on escaping URLs (#9924)
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[http] add note on escaping URLs (#9924)

* add note on escaping URLs

Signed-off-by: Jan N. Klug <jan.n.klug@rub.de>
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diff --git a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.http/README.md b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.http/README.md
index 677ddb0358..59dd0c5205 100644
--- a/bundles/org.openhab.binding.http/README.md
+++ b/bundles/org.openhab.binding.http/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ Authentication might fail if redirections are involved as headers are stripper p
 
 *Note:* If you rate-limit requests by using the `delay` parameter you have to make sure that the time between two refreshes is larger than the time needed for one refresh cycle.
 
+**Attention:** `baseUrl` (and `stateExtension`/`commandExtension`) should not use escaping (e.g. `%22` instead of `"` or `%2c` instead of `,`).
+URLs are properly escaped by the binding itself before the request is sent.
+Using escaped strings in URL parameters may lead to problems with the formatting (see below).
+
 ## Channels
 
 Each item type has its own channel-type.