URLEncode ( url )

Encodes a url

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Tony Tanevski - Show more from this author
Hi-Voltage
http://www.hi-voltage.com.au

Sample input:

URLEncode ( "http://google.com/test page" )

Sample output:

http://google.com/test%20page

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

Substitute (

url ;

[ "%" ; "%25" ] ;
[ "¶" ; "%0D" ] ;
[ " " ; "%20" ] ;
[ "!" ; "%21" ] ;
[ "\"" ; "%22" ] ;
[ "#" ; "%23" ] ;
[ "$" ; "%24" ] ;
[ "'" ; "%27" ] ;
[ "(" ; "%28" ] ;
[ ")" ; "%29" ] ;
[ "*" ; "%2A" ] ;
[ "+" ; "%2B" ] ;
[ "," ; "%2C" ] ;
[ ";" ; "%3B" ] ;
[ "<" ; "%3C" ] ;
[ ">" ; "%3E" ] ;
[ "@" ; "%40" ] ;
[ "[" ; "%5B" ] ;
[ "\\" ; "%5C" ] ;
[ "]" ; "%5D" ] ;
[ "^" ; "%5E" ] ;
[ "`" ; "%60" ] ;
[ "{" ; "%7B" ] ;
[ "|" ; "%7C" ] ;
[ "}" ; "%7D" ]

)

Use this custom function to encode your urls. For example, a space in a url is not a valid character, but encoding it with %20 is valid.

Enjoy.
Regards
Tony Tanevski
Hi-Voltage, Melbourne Australia

Comments

		unin, Japan Oct 26, 2015
Your sample is wrong. : and / and . in the parameter will be encoded in the result. You need encode each component of URL.

		Tony Tanevski, Melbourne Oct 26, 2015
fixed - thanks for letting me know.

		Menno, Netherlands Dec 29, 2015
the characters !'()* are allowed in URL's and don't need to be encoded. Since FileMaker 8.5 there is the function: GetAsURLEncoded ( tekst ) which does the same as your CF

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URLEncode ( url )

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