Percent-encoding (aka URL encoding) is the way that non-alphabet characters are encoded in URLs and URIs (e.g. spaces turn into %20).
See the full Wikipedia article on the subject: Percent-encoding
Questions tagged [percent-encoding]
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Encode/Decode URLs in C++
Does anyone know of any good C++ code that does this?
user126593
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How to prevent python requests from percent encoding my URLs?
I'm trying to GET an URL of the following format using requests.get() in python:
http://api.example.com/export/?format=json&key=site:dummy+type:example+group:wheel
#!/usr/local/bin/python
import requests
print(requests.__versiom__)
url =…
Satyen Rai
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Percent encoding javascript
Is there a javascript function that takes a string and converts it into another string that is percent-encoded? That way something like "This Guy" turns into "This%20Guy".
Thanks
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Is URL percent-encoding case sensitive?
Is %3B treated differently to %3b in an URL?
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Python argparse errors with '%' in help string
I have a default value that contains a '%' which I also insert in to the help doc of my argument. E.g.:
default = "5% foo"
animrender_group.add_argument(
"--foo",
default=default,
help="Foo amount. Default: %s" % default,
)
args =…
Rafe
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URL component encoding in Node.js
I want to send http request using node.js. I do:
http = require('http');
var options = {
host: 'www.mainsms.ru',
path: '/api/mainsms/message/send?project='+project+'&sender='+sender+'&message='+message+'&recipients='+from+'&sign='+sign
…
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Changing "/" to "%2f" in URL doesn't work
I have an orchard site and have the following problem:
If I use the URL: http://asiahotelct.com/tours/ct---chau-%C4%91oc---ha-tien-3n2%C4%91, it's okay. But when I change url the / to %2f (like so:…
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Using Perl, how do I decode or create those %-encodings on the web?
I need to handle URI (i.e. percent) encoding and decoding in my Perl script. How do I do that?
This is a question from the official perlfaq. We're importing the perlfaq to Stack Overflow.
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NSString URL decode?
I have tried a lot of approaches out there, but this tiny little string just cannot be URL decoded.
NSString *decoded;
NSString *encoded = @"fields=ID%2CdeviceToken";
decoded = (__bridge…
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When, if ever, should characters like { and } (curly braces) be percent-encoded in URLs?
According to RFC 3986 the following characters are reserved and need to be percent-encoded in order to be used in a URI other than as their reserved uses:
:/?#[]@!$&'()*+,;=
Furthermore it specifies some characters that are specifically unreserved:…
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Why does Apache Tomcat handle encoded slashes (%2F) as path separators?
Apache Tomcat (at least before Tomcat 6 see footnote) treats a percent-encoded slash (%2F) in a URI path just like a regular slash (i.e. as a path delimiter).
So e.g. the servlets example page of Tomcat can be accessed at…
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Use character # in URL inside file name
I need to put a link with this href="file://attachments/aaaa_#_aaaa.msg"
Obviously in that way is not working because the hash character # is used for anchors.
So I try to change this to: href="file://attachments/aaaa_%23_aaaa.msg"
but when I open…
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How to percent encode in Java?
How do I do percent encoding of a string, as described in RFC 3986? I.e. I do not want (IMO, weird) www-url-form-encoded, as that is different.
If it matters, I am encoding data that is not necessarily an entire URL.
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Avoid percent-encoding href attributes when using PHP's DOMDocument
The best answers I was able to find for this issue are using XSLT, but I'm just not sure how to apply those answers to my problem.
Basically, DOMDocument is doing a fine job of escaping URLs (in href attributes) that are passed in, but I'm actually…
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Normalising possibly encoded URI strings in Java
Using Java, I want to strip the fragment identifier and do some simple normalisation (e.g., lowercase schemes, hosts) of a diverse set of URIs. The input and output URIs should be equivalent in a general HTTP sense.
Typically, this should be…
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