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"Missing credentials" during login when password contains "%" character #28

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Using the login example code from the README. If the user's password contains the % character, the call to auth_api.get_current_user() fails:

Exception when calling API: %s
 (401)
Reason: Unauthorized
HTTP response headers: HTTPHeaderDict({'Date': 'Wed, 23 Jul 2025 06:30:36 GMT', 'Content-Type': 'application/json; charset=utf-8', 'Content-Length': '65', 'Connection': 'keep-alive', 'x-powered-by': 'A generous grant from the furry community', 'x-vrc-api-group': 'blue', 'x-vrc-api-version': 'master-build-2025-07-22-nice-g-lampthonp', 'x-vrc-api-server': 'prod-api-blue-sacred-ih2', 'x-vrc-request-id': '(redacted)', 'x-jobs': 'Like poking around our API? Come apply to work for us instead. https://vrchat.com/careers', 'Cache-Control': 'private, no-cache', 'vary': 'Authorization, Accept-Encoding', 'access-control-allow-credentials': 'true', 'x-frame-options': 'deny', 'CF-Cache-Status': 'BYPASS', 'pragma': 'no-cache', 'Server': 'cloudflare', 'CF-RAY': '(redacted)'})
HTTP response body: {"error":{"message":"\"Missing Credentials\"","status_code":401}}

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