FreeBSD Manual Pages
curl_escape(3) Library Functions Manual curl_escape(3) NAME curl_escape - URL encode a string SYNOPSIS #include <curl/curl.h> char *curl_escape(const char *string, int length); DESCRIPTION Obsolete function. Use curl_easy_escape(3) instead. This function converts the given input string to a URL encoded string and return that as a new allocated string. All input characters that are not a-z, A-Z or 0-9 are converted to their "URL escaped" version (%NN where NN is a two-digit hexadecimal number). Although not constrained by its type, the returned string may not be altered. If the length argument is set to 0, curl_escape(3) uses strlen() on string to find out the size. You must curl_free(3) the returned string when you are done with it. PROTOCOLS This functionality affects all supported protocols EXAMPLE int main(void) { char *output = curl_escape("data to convert", 15); if(output) { printf("Encoded: %s\n", output); curl_free(output); } } HISTORY Since 7.15.4, curl_easy_escape(3) should be used. This function might be removed in a future release. AVAILABILITY Added in curl 7.1 RETURN VALUE A pointer to a null-terminated string or NULL if it failed. SEE ALSO curl_free(3), curl_unescape(3) libcurl 2026-06-11 curl_escape(3)
NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | PROTOCOLS | EXAMPLE | HISTORY | AVAILABILITY | RETURN VALUE | SEE ALSO
Want to link to this manual page? Use this URL:
<https://man.freebsd.org/cgi/man.cgi?query=curl_escape&sektion=3&manpath=FreeBSD+Ports+15.1.quarterly>