Url with %20 in ionic.config.json proxies

I have the impression that ionic serve --browser=chromium-browser fails when the proxies JSON array in ionic.config.json contains a path and/or proxyUrl with values containing the character %20 (I suppose that represents a space?).

For example when the url in a $http POST is /en/XXX/XXX%20Home.aspx

I see in the chrome console this error:

XMLHttpRequest cannot load http://www.domain.be/en/XXX/XXX%20Home.aspx. No 'Access-Control-Allow-Origin' header is present on the requested resource. Origin 'http://localhost:8100' is therefore not allowed access.

The $log.debug(response) displays this message:

verifyAuthentication FAILED!
{
  "data":null,
  "status":-1,
  "config": {
    "method":"GET",
    "transformRequest":[null],
    "transformResponse":[null],
    "url":"/en/XXX/XXX%20Home.aspx",
    "headers":{"Accept":"application/json, text/plain, */*"},
    "withCredentials":true
  },
  "statusText":""
}

Anyone experiencing something similar?

Or might this be due to wrong settings in meta http-equiv="Content-Security-Policy" settings?

PS:

  • I already tried to replace the %20 with the space character without result.
  • When I use firefox with the full URL (https://www.domain.be/en/XXX/XXX%20Home.aspx) and the CORS plugin active, I can get the result I want (so not passing through the proxy mechanism build inside ionic serve). So I know its working in certain cases between server and simulation in the web browser.
  • Unfortunately I don’t control the web site and cannot change the URL.