title: Prevent $.ajax from encoding forward slashes
body: <p>I have an API I am working with, and they expect a certain parameter to be <code>/on/</code> or <code>/off/</code>. If I use the standard jQuery <code>$.ajax</code> it encodes to <code>%2Fon%2F</code> which fails on the API. Since I don't have access to the API to make it decode, how can I prevent jQuery from encoding the slashes?</p>
  
  <p>The API uses <code>GET</code>, and here is a sample call:</p>
  
  <pre><code>$.ajax({
      url: "api.website.com",
      data: {id: id, stuff: stuff, device: device},
      type: "GET",
      dataType: "html"
  })
  </code></pre>