How to HTTP encode a URL string with special characters in iOS? (Swift/ObjC)

Asked Dec 01 '16 at 08:42

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I have an url like this:

http://mywebsite.net/User/UserInfo?key=123&userId=456&json=[{"UserName":"user@gmail.com","Password":"","Test":"item","projectId":"123","ItemsJSON":[{"Id":10,"Id2":0,"Quantity":5}]

How do I make this url work in a NSURL. I will call UIApplication.sharedApplication().openURL

I tried doing:

let encodedString = sender.url.stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters(.URLUserAllowedCharacterSet())!

But I ended up with: http%3A%2F%2Fmywebsite.net%2FUser%2FUserInfo%3Fkey=123&userId=456&json=%5B%7B%22UserName%22%3A%22user%40gmail.com%22,%22Password%22%3A%22%22,%22Test%22%3A%22item%22,%22projectId%22%3A%22123%22,%22ItemsJSON%22%3A%5B%7B%22Id%22%3A10,%22Id2%22%3A0,%22Quantity%22%3A5%7D%5D

edited Dec 01 '16 at 10:52

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Putting a password into the URL is a bad idea. It will be recorded in many log files and visible to people looking over your shoulder. – Codo Dec 01 '16 at 08:45
Don't mind the content. I won't be putting the password there. Just unimportant data. – The Cook Dec 01 '16 at 08:47
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normally you should only encode the end part ie after the "?". And you should escape for & character – GeneCode Dec 01 '16 at 08:58
Makes sense letme try. – The Cook Dec 01 '16 at 09:01
Possible duplicate of [Swift - encode URL](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/24551816/swift-encode-url) – Wolverine Dec 01 '16 at 09:04

How to HTTP encode a URL string with special characters in iOS? (Swift/ObjC)

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