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curl_easy_escape(3)		libcurl	Manual		   curl_easy_escape(3)

NAME
       curl_easy_escape	- URL encodes the given	string

SYNOPSIS
       #include	<curl/curl.h>

       char *curl_easy_escape( CURL *curl, const char *string ,	int length );

DESCRIPTION
       This  function  converts	the given input	string to a URL	encoded	string
       and returns that	as a new allocated string. All input  characters  that
       are not a-z, A-Z, 0-9, '-', '.',	'_' or '~' are converted to their "URL
       escaped"	version	(%NN where NN is a two-digit hexadecimal number).

       If length is set	to 0 (zero), curl_easy_escape(3) uses strlen() on  the
       input  string to	find out the size. This	function does not accept input
       strings longer than CURL_MAX_INPUT_LENGTH (8 MB).

       You must	curl_free(3) the returned string when you're done with it.

ENCODING
       libcurl is typically not	aware of, nor does it  care  about,  character
       encodings.  curl_easy_escape(3)	encodes	the data byte-by-byte into the
       URL encoded version without knowledge or	care for what particular char-
       acter  encoding the application or the receiving	server may assume that
       the data	uses.

       The caller of curl_easy_escape(3) must make sure	that the  data	passed
       in to the function is encoded correctly.

AVAILABILITY
       Added in	7.15.4 and replaces the	old curl_escape(3) function.

RETURN VALUE
       A pointer to a null-terminated string or	NULL if	it failed.

EXAMPLE
       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl)	{
	 char *output =	curl_easy_escape(curl, "data to	convert", 15);
	 if(output) {
	   printf("Encoded: %s\n", output);
	   curl_free(output);
	 }
       }

SEE ALSO
       curl_easy_unescape(3), curl_free(3), RFC3986

libcurl	7.74.0		       November	09, 2020	   curl_easy_escape(3)

NAME | SYNOPSIS | DESCRIPTION | ENCODING | AVAILABILITY | RETURN VALUE | EXAMPLE | SEE ALSO

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