Asset name with spaces

[deepakt78632031]

Can I upload any asset name with spaces? Would this cause any problems?

[deepakt78632031]

For instance, if the asste name is "abc def.png", Is this okay to upload as is, or should I be changing the name?

[Vish_dhaliwal · Accepted solution]

It should be okay. However, there were few issues identified because of the space present in the asset name, but those fixes are backported to 6.4 and 6.5.

Regards,

Vishu

[Vish_dhaliwal]

Check the naming conventions here: Naming conventions for assets

[deepakt78632031]

Does this mean I need install any service packs?

[Vish_dhaliwal]

What is your AEM version?

It is recommended to be always on the latest service pack to avoid running into known issues.

[deepakt78632031]

We are on 6.4.4. However I am worried about any indexing challenges we might get with it.

We ran into a recent issue of resource resolver and Externalizer being used in the same code and they are encoding the path twice. So "abc def.png" is becoming "abc%2520def.png" instead of "abc%20def.png". Do you think that is an issue with code or could possibly be because of the spaces?

Note : We have a lot of assets with spaces? Should we consider renaming them?

[sunjot16]

You can have assets with spaces in their names.

As far as %2520 is concerned,

The common space character is encoded as %20 . The % character is encoded as %25.

The way you get %2520 is when your url already has a %20 in it, and gets urlencoded again, which transforms the %20 to %2520.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16084935/a-html-space-is-showing-as-2520-instead-of-20

As Vish.dhaliwal recommended, you should install latest SP to avoid running into known issues. You can find it here:

AEM 6.4 Service Pack Release Notes