Rest Connector Issue: Connection json parse error

[Sivagami]

HI Team,

Basic auth json looks like below. Some apps use windows auth for accessing the API's. So, the username would be something like domain\myusername. When passing in saviynt we need to pass the username with escape character like this domain\\myusername

When such usernames are embedded in connection json, we are receiving parse error when import is trying to run & the system fails the import. If I try any other username with double backslash, there is no connection json parse error. 

{
    "authentications": {
        "acctAuth": {
            "authType": "basic",
            "errorPath": "error.code",
            "maxRefreshTryCount": 5,
            "tokenResponsePath": "access_token",
            "properties": {
                "userName":"domain\\myusername",
                "password": "mypassword"
            },
            "authError": [
                "InvalidAuthenticationToken",
                "AuthenticationFailed"
            ],
            "retryFailureStatusCode": []
        }
    }
}

Error in logs below:

2022-10-13 18:18:42,577 [quartzScheduler_Worker-12] DEBUG rest.RestProvisioningService  - Error parsing ConnectionJSON. Please verify if it is valid
2022-10-13 18:18:42,577 [quartzScheduler_Worker-12] DEBUG rest.RestProvisioningService  - Exception in RestProvisioiningService.doImport :
java.lang.Exception: Error parsing ConnectionJSON. Please verify if it is valid
	at com.saviynt.provisoning.rest.RestProvisioningService.initializeConnectionForImport(RestProvisioningService.groovy:1855)
	at com.saviynt.provisoning.rest.RestProvisioningService.doImport(RestProvisioningService.groovy:120)
	at com.saviynt.ecm.integration.ExternalConnectionCallService.invokeExternalMethod(ExternalConnectionCallService.groovy:186)
	at ApplicationDataImportJob.execute(ApplicationDataImportJob.groovy:206)
	at org.quartz.core.JobRunShell.run(JobRunShell.java:199)
	at org.quartz.simpl.SimpleThreadPool$WorkerThread.run(SimpleThreadPool.java:546)

Please help check how can I alter my connection json to help accept this windows auth usernames with backslash. 

Note: I have seen this kind of connection json work in lower versions. This behavior I noticed in v5.5 SP 3.12.7

-Siva 

[rushikeshvartak · Accepted solution]

Try 4 backslash

{
	"authentications": {
		"acctAuth": {
			"authType": "basic",
			"errorPath": "error.code",
			"maxRefreshTryCount": 5,
			"tokenResponsePath": "access_token",
			"properties": {
				"userName": "domain\\\\myusername",
				"password": "mypassword"
			},
			"authError": [
				"InvalidAuthenticationToken",
				"AuthenticationFailed"
			],
			"retryFailureStatusCode": []
		}
	}
}

[Sivagami]

Using four backslash for username with one backslash works. Thanks much!

-Siva