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RobA

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URL Encoding
« on: December 10, 2021, 10:52:02 pm »
Hi all,

I need to pass some arbitrary text as a query string to a URL that will be opened in the default browser (I'm using Windows) via OpenURL.

Obviously, the query string will need to be URLEncoded - is there a standard function lurking in a unit somewhere for this, or do I need to roll my own? A quick google search didn't come up with anything, but I may have been searching on the wrong terms.

TIA

Rob
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Re: URL Encoding
« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2021, 11:40:15 pm »
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Re: URL Encoding
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2021, 12:11:15 am »
Perfect, thank you!
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Re: URL Encoding
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2021, 01:25:40 am »
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Josh

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Re: URL Encoding
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2021, 01:52:49 am »
checkout the unit
httpprotocol
it has decode/encode funtionaility as well as other funtions you may find usefull..

just add it to your uses section,
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Re: URL Encoding
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2021, 12:10:03 pm »
hi alextp,

just looked at wiki question

should safemask include '('  ')' '$' and  '!' ?
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Re: URL Encoding
« Reply #6 on: December 11, 2021, 12:16:26 pm »
Maybe, I just copied the ready code from the forum.
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Re: URL Encoding
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2021, 12:41:32 pm »
hi just checking someof my code,
i also whitelist these aswell
',/;#?&:+='

but if my whitelist is correct then, hhtpprotocol unit may need adjusting.

so my list is
A..Z
a..z
0..9
'
*
@
.
_
-
,
/
;
#
?
&
:
+
=
(
)
$
!

<added> I also whitelisted ~ but commented out; can't remember why now though :-\

Does this need verification and checking?
« Last Edit: December 11, 2021, 01:31:24 pm by josh »
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Re: URL Encoding
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2021, 02:07:21 pm »
If you want to post the FPC issue about it, then yes, it needs verification first. compare it with some C++ libs, e.g.
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