Trouble with filenames that start with #

Question

I am trying to use Chatty software for Twitch in order to retrieve the chatlog, but it saves it chatlog with a filename starting with # and I am not able to change that. Consequently, instead of the file the $.get returns the document itself i.e. the page that I am calling it on.

   $.get('#chatlog.log', function(data){
        console.log(data);
    })

Are there any viable workarounds for this?

Thank you for your time.

did you try `$.get('%23chatlog.log', .... ` ? – Saic Siquot Sep 19 '15 at 16:08 — Saic Siquot, Sep 19 '15 at 16:08
haha, no I did not - thank you :) – jacobdo Sep 19 '15 at 16:17 — jacobdo, Sep 19 '15 at 16:17
tell as, did it work? do I set an answer? – Saic Siquot Sep 19 '15 at 16:41 — Saic Siquot, Sep 19 '15 at 16:41

Saic Siquot · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-19T19:15:22.760

2

Just use

$.get('%23chatlog.log', function(data){
     console.log(data);
 })

%23 encodes the hash sign as valid part of the name. In other case # is understud as a separator (fragment) in the url

edited Sep 19 '15 at 19:15

answered Sep 19 '15 at 16:50

Saic Siquot

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