# Request: Allow Choice of Metadata Separator

**URL:** <https://forum.spinitron.com/t/request-allow-choice-of-metadata-separator/1056>\
**Category:** 👍 Improvements\
**Created:** [September 22, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/request-allow-choice-of-metadata-separator/1056 "2023-09-22T17:08:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![wbor](https://forum.spinitron.com/user_avatar/forum.spinitron.com/wbor/32/1254_2.png) [@wbor](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/wbor)\
**Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 5:08pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/request-allow-choice-of-metadata-separator/1056/1 "2023-09-22T17:08:42Z")

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[radio.net](http://radio.net)’s metadata API requires that spaces in metadata get request fields be separated by plus signs ‘+’ instead of spaces ‘%20’.

So for instance:

[http://api.radio.de/info/v2/pushmetadata/playingsong?broadcast=XXX&title=Hey+Bulldog&artist=The+Beatles&album=All+Together+Now+/+Hey+Bulldog&apikey=XXXX](http://api.radio.de/info/v2/pushmetadata/playingsong?broadcast=XXX&title=Hey+Bulldog&artist=The+Beatles&album=All+Together+Now+/+Hey+Bulldog&apikey=XXXX)

instead of

[http://api.radio.de/info/v2/pushmetadata/playingsong?broadcast=XXX&title=Hey%20Bulldog&artist=The%20Beatles&album=All%20Together%20Now%20/%20Hey%20Bulldog&apikey=XXXX](http://api.radio.de/info/v2/pushmetadata/playingsong?broadcast=XXX&title=Hey%20Bulldog&artist=The%20Beatles&album=All%20Together%20Now%20/%20Hey%20Bulldog&apikey=XXXX)

Would it be possible to add a checkbox to Metadata push channels to enable us to toggle between these separators?

Thanks

- WBOR

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**Author:** ![tom](https://forum.spinitron.com/user_avatar/forum.spinitron.com/tom/32/343_2.png) [@tom](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/tom)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/request-allow-choice-of-metadata-separator/1056/2 "2023-09-23T15:18:04Z")

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What does [radio.net](http://radio.net) do when it receives percent-encoded spaces?

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**Author:** ![wbor](https://forum.spinitron.com/user_avatar/forum.spinitron.com/wbor/32/1254_2.png) [@wbor](https://forum.spinitron.com/u/wbor)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 7:05pm UTC](https://forum.spinitron.com/t/request-allow-choice-of-metadata-separator/1056/3 "2023-09-24T19:05:41Z")

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Spits out an error in metadata logs