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Issue with Loopback MongoDB Connector

i am using special character $ in my Mongodb password.

this is how my connector looks like 

 {
"name": {
"host": "using ip here",
"port": 27017,
"url": "",
"database": "",
"password": "example123$",
"name": "name",
"user": "username",
"connector": "mongodb"
 }
}

Error Cannot initialize connector "mongodb": Password contains an illegal unescaped character

is there a way i can use special character in Loopback connector.

Solution

  • Try with %24. ie example123%24

    %24 is the encoded value of $

    const enc = encodeURIComponent('$')
console.log('Encoded Value :', enc)