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April 24, 2012
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Hi!

 

I've tested sending float numbers in exponent format.I've noticed the thingy works fine for numbers that don't have whole whole values, e.g. 0.123 where number gets written as: 1.230000e-001.

But it doesn't work for numbers like 30.123, where number gets written as 3.012300e+001, becuase ThingSpeak removes the '+' sign and writes the number as "3.012300e 001", giving it wrong value of 3.0123 in charts.

Can this be changed at your side, or will I have to remove the '+' sign while producing data?

 

Cheers,

Jaka

April 24, 2012
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Jaka,

The "+" symbol is a reserved character for URLs -- it translates into a " " space. This char would need to be URL encoded so it stays intact from end-to-end.

Here are all of the reserved chracters:

  • Dollar ("$")
  • Ampersand ("&")
  • Plus ("+")
  • Comma (",")
  • Forward slash/Virgule ("/")
  • Colon (":")
  • Semi-colon (";")
  • Equals ("=")
  • Question mark ("?")
  • 'At' symbol ("@")
Here's a link for more info:
 
Let us know if that helps,
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April 25, 2012
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True, it happenes as you mentioned. I did manage to remove the '+' sign in code, writing the number as e.g. 3.0123e01, but I still wonder why data is threated that way, after all I send data inside HTTP POST, for example:

 

POST /update HTTP/1.0"
Connection: close
X-THINGSPEAKAPIKEY: mykey
Host: api.thingspeak.com
Content-Length: 38
&[1]=1&[2]=1.634731e04&[3]=5.834754e04

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