URLDecode

returns the decode form of a URL that was encode for posting to an HTTP server.

# Metadata

Platforms: desktop, server, mobile OS: mac, windows, linux, ios, android Introduced: 1.0 Security:

# Syntax

the URLDecode of formString

# Params

- formString :

# Examples

URLDecode("A+B%2F1+2") -- returns "A B/1 2"

put URLDecode(field "Test URL") after URLToCheck

# Description

Use the URLDecode function to decode a URL that has been sent by another system.

When the URLDecode function encounters a percent sign (%), it treats the next two characters as hexadecimal digits. (If one of the characters is not a hexadecimal digit, it's treated as a zero.) The number is converted to its character equivalent, using the character set currently in use.

>*Note:* Non-ASCII characters, such as Unicode, that appear in the URL > string to be decoded will have been encoded as UTF-8 (as per standard > convention), requiring the use of the textDecode function > after urlDecode. For example, the following code:

local tEncodedText put "%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%88%D0%B8%D0" & \ "%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C" into tCodedText put textDecode(urlDecode(tEncodedText),"UTF-8")

> produces the word "??????????????".

# Tags

networking,

# See

- **keyword:** URL, characters, character, http - **property:** httpHeaders - **command:** post - **function:** decompress, macToISO, arrayDecode, charToNum, baseConvert, textDecode - **control structure:** function - **glossary:** decode, return, sign, encode, character set, hexadecimal, server, function