Problem with link editing

Question

In How to implement date filters with operators like <= or >= in a JSON query string? user posted this link:

http://example.com/drupal/api(endpoint)/sampleview.json?field_invoice_date_value<='2013-12-31'&field_invoice_date_value>='2013-11-31'

He posted it without formatting, so it ended looking like this:

http://example.com/drupal/api(endpoint)/sampleview.json?field_invoice_date_value<='2013-12-31'&field_invoice_date_value>='2013-11-31'

Not good, right? So I tried to edit it into [url](url) format. In preview it looks OK (hit "edit" to see, just don't save), but in question, see:

http://example.com/drupal/api(endpoint)/sampleview.json?field_invoice_date_value<='2013-12-31'&field_invoice_date_value>='2013-11-31'

It seems there is no way to post this link as a link and keep it displayed properly. Or there is and I just don't know it?

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Answer 1

That string isn't a valid URL, so it shouldn't be displayed as a link.

The editor is processing it correctly per the rules for a valid URL, so it stops as soon as it hits the < character

In such edge cases converting it to a code block as you did is the best course of action.