Password is url encoded resulting in "The Bluemix credentials you entered don't appear to be valid. Please try again."

Question

I'm trying to create a new warehouse from the Cloudant dashboard, but receive the following error message:

The Bluemix credentials you entered don't appear to be valid. Please try again.

I had a look at the network traffic and noticed the following url:

https://...cloudant.com/_api/v2/partners/dashdb/warehouse/account?
    bluemix_username=...&bluemix_password=...%26...

I checked my password and there was an ampersand in it & which looks as though it has been url encoded.

Do I need to remove any characters from my password that could get urlencoded to a different value?

Answer 1

I removed the & character from my password and I was able to enter my credentials without problem.

I'll leave this Q&A here in case any one else experiences this issue.