HTTP functions
Overview
HTTP functions encode and decode uniform resource identifiers (URLS) and their components.
UrlDecode
Returns text, encoded as uniform resource locator (URL).
Syntax
UrlDecode ( text )
The required argument text must be of type Text.
Remarks
This function translates a text string encoded according to the percent encoding rules into a uniform resource locator (URL). It is the inverse of the UrlEncode function.
Example
The expression http://something.com/my%20stuff/your%2Fstuff returns http://something.com/my stuff/your/stuff.
UrlEncode
Returns text, encoded as uniform resource identifier (URL).
Syntax
UrlEncode ( text )
The required argument text must be of type Text.
Remarks
This function encodes a text string according to the percent encoding rules described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent_encoding. Use this function to encode elements of the path part of a URL not including the / character. Use UrlPathEncode to encode the entire path including the / characters.
Example
The expression "http://something.com/" + UrlEncode("my stuff") + "/" + UrlEncode("your/stuff") returns http://something.com/my%20stuff/your%2Fstuff.
UrlEncodeArguments
Encodes name/value pairs to conform with POST request method.
Syntax
UrlEncodeArguments ( name, value [, name, value ...] )
The required arguments name and value must be of type Text.
Remarks
This function encodes name/value pairs according to the POST form encoding rules described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/POST_(HTTP). Use this function to encode the query component of a URL.
Example
The expression "http://something.com/search?" + UrlEncodeArguments("name", "john smith", "limit", "10") returns http://something.com/search?name=john+smith&limit=10.
UrlPathEncode
Returns text, encoded as uniform resource identifier (URL), but with the slash character intact.
Syntax
UrlPathEncode ( text )
The required argument text must be of type Text.
Remarks
This function encodes a text string according to the percent encoding rules described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent_encoding, except it does not encode the “/” characters. Use this function to encode the path component of a URL.
Example
The expression "http://something.com/" + UrlPathEncode("my stuff/your/stuff") returns http://something.com/my%20stuff/your/stuff.
UrlQueryEncode
Returns text, encoded as uniform resource identifier (URL) but with query components
Syntax
UrlQueryEncode ( text )
The required argument text must be of type Text.
Remarks
This function encodes a text string according to the percent encoding rules described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent_encoding, except it encodes space characters as + instead of %20. Use this function to encode individual elements of the query component of a URL.
To encode a complete set of name/value pairs in a query part, use the function UrlEncodeArguments instead.
Example
The expression "http://something.com/search?name=" + UrlQueryEncode("john smith, jr.") returns http://something.com/search?name=john+smith%2C+jr..