URLEncode (Function)

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URLEncode

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Characters allowed in an encoded URL

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URLEncode (Function)

In french: URLEncode

Encodes a URL with a sub-set of ASCII characters. This function is used to replace the unauthorized characters in a URL (accented characters, spaces, ...). An encoded URL can be decoded by URLDecode.

Remark: The syntax of the URL is not checked.

Versions 15 and later

This function is now available for Android applications.

New in version 15

This function is now available for Android applications.

Versions 17 and later

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

New in version 17

This function is now available for iPhone/iPad applications.

Versions 18 and later

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

New in version 18

This function is now available in Android Widget mode.

Versions 21 and later

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

New in version 21

This function is now available in Universal Windows 10 App mode.

Versions 22 and later

This function is now available in browser code.

New in version 22

This function is now available in browser code.

Example

// Encodes a URL
EncodedURL = URLEncode("http://my site/my page")

// EncodedURL now contains http://my%20site/my%20page
// The two spaces are transformed into %20

Versions 22 and later

MyURL is UNICODE string = "http://my site/my page"
MyEncodedURL is string

// Encodes a URL
MyEncodedURL = URLEncode(MyURL, encodeURLFromUnicode)

New in version 22

MyURL is UNICODE string = "http://my site/my page"
MyEncodedURL is string

// Encodes a URL
MyEncodedURL = URLEncode(MyURL, encodeURLFromUnicode)

Versions 22 and later

// Encode a URL with a URL parameter
Info(URLEncode("https://www.google.fr/?", encodeURLFromAnsi) + ...
URLEncode(URLEncode("https://www.google.fr/?é", encodeURLFromAnsi), encodeURLParameter))

New in version 22

// Encode a URL with a URL parameter
Info(URLEncode("https://www.google.fr/?", encodeURLFromAnsi) + ...
URLEncode(URLEncode("https://www.google.fr/?é", encodeURLFromAnsi), encodeURLParameter))

Syntax

<Result> = URLEncode(<URL> [, <Encoding format>])

<Result>: Character string

Character string containing the encoded URL. The unauthorized characters are changed into %xx where xx is the hexadecimal value of this character.
This function returns no error code because all the character strings can be encoded.

<URL>: Character string (with quotes)

URL to encode (in ANSI format).

<Encoding format>: Optional Integer constant

Versions 22 and later
Format for encoding the URL:
encodeURLFromAnsi URL format. The encoded text only contains characters allowed in a URL. The text to encode is an ANSI string.
encodeURLFromUTF8
(Default value) URL format. The encoded text only contains characters allowed in a URL. The text to encode is a UTF-8 string.
encodeURLParameter URL format. The reserved characters of a URL are encoded in order to pass a URL in parameter to a URL.
Caution: The URL passed in parameter must have been encoded beforehand with one of the encodeURLFromAnsi or encodeURLFromUTF8 constants.

This parameter is not available.
New in version 22
Format for encoding the URL:
encodeURLFromAnsi URL format. The encoded text only contains characters allowed in a URL. The text to encode is an ANSI string.
encodeURLFromUTF8
(Default value) URL format. The encoded text only contains characters allowed in a URL. The text to encode is a UTF-8 string.
encodeURLParameter URL format. The reserved characters of a URL are encoded in order to pass a URL in parameter to a URL.
Caution: The URL passed in parameter must have been encoded beforehand with one of the encodeURLFromAnsi or encodeURLFromUTF8 constants.

This parameter is not available.
Format for encoding the URL:
encodeURLFromAnsi URL format. The encoded text only contains characters allowed in a URL. The text to encode is an ANSI string.
encodeURLFromUTF8
(Default value) URL format. The encoded text only contains characters allowed in a URL. The text to encode is a UTF-8 string.
encodeURLParameter URL format. The reserved characters of a URL are encoded in order to pass a URL in parameter to a URL.
Caution: The URL passed in parameter must have been encoded beforehand with one of the encodeURLFromAnsi or encodeURLFromUTF8 constants.

This parameter is not available.

Remarks

Characters allowed in an encoded URL

The list of acceptable characters for an encoded URL is as follows:


;	/	?	:	@
&	=	+	$	,
-	_	.	!	~
*	'	(	\|	)
%	#	the digits	the letters (uppercase and lowercase characters)

According to the options, some of these characters can be encoded by the function.

Special cases

The encoding of an empty URL (empty string) is an empty URL.
Special case: the % sign and the + sign
- The % sign being used for the decimal encoding, this character is encoded in decimal as well.
- The "+" sign, which is an alternative to %20 for encoding a space, is also encoded (to avoid problems when decoding).

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