Siri Shortcut Intent API call says URL is nil, but its not - ios

Question

Here is the code that I am dealing with:
let url = "https://www.host.com/url/\(intent.cardInfo!)"
print(url)
let url2 = URL(string: url)! // this is nil??
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: url2)
Below is an image showing that this value is not nil (you can see that in the console). I get the value after the Siri intent. This is inside of the IntentHandler. All of the code is below.
class SoldForAppIntentHandler : NSObject, SoldForAppIntentHandling {
func handle(intent: SoldForAppIntent, completion: #escaping (SoldForAppIntentResponse) -> Void) {
print(intent.sport!)
print(intent.cardInfo!)
print(intent.cardNumber!)
let url = "https://www.host.com/url/\(intent.cardInfo!)"
print(url)
let url2 = URL(string: url)!
let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: url2)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
let postString = ""
request.httpBody = postString.data(using: String.Encoding.utf8)
request.setValue("application/x-www-form-urlencoded", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest) {
data, response, error in
if error != nil {
print("error=\(error)")
return
}
let responseString = NSString(data: data!, encoding: String.Encoding.utf8.rawValue)
do {
let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: data!, options: .mutableContainers) as? NSDictionary
//print(json!)
let response = json!["value"] as! String
} catch {
print(" error adding tap search to db:\(error)")
}
print()
}
task.resume()
completion(SoldForAppIntentResponse.success(response: "\n\nSold For will look up \(intent.sport!) \(intent.cardInfo!) \(intent.cardNumber!)"))
}

Answer 1

Problem is actually url2 itself, because the string https://www.host.com/url/1986 fleer 57 Michael Jordan PSA 10 cannot be properly converted into URL object.
You can try something like this:
if let url = "https://www.host.com/url/\(intent.cardInfo!)".addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlHostAllowed) {
let url2 = URL(string: url)!
}