If you are a developing or already using REST, please be advised of the following guidance. The use of special characters should be, if possible, avoided as they may cause compatibility issues with the systems of other API users.

 

If it is unavoidable to insert a special character within a field, the allowed characters are listed below:

  • .!"£$€%&/()=? @#[]*§°\{}^;:|,*_-+ ' ’<> 

  • abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

  • ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

  • 0124356789

  • äöüßàèìòùÀÈÌÒÙáéíóúý

  • ÁÉÍÓÚÝâêîôûÂÊÎÔÛãñõÃÑÕ

  • äëïöüÿÄËÏÖÜŸçÇßØøÅåÆæœì

 

The usage of the following non-printable characters should be minimised to avoid future challenges and because they can cause problems to other API users (NOTE: the list is not exhaustive):

  • Null (NUL): \0

  • Bell (BEL): \a

  • Backspace (BS): \b

  • Horizontal Tab (HT): \t

  • Line Feed (LF): \n

  • Vertical Tab (VT): \v

  • Form Feed (FF): \f

  • Carriage Return (CR): \r

  • Escape (ESC): \e

 

Please contact us at ClaimsPortal@mib.org.uk if you have any questions.

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