url encode

For strings.

Converts a string to a percent encoded web safe string.

Command Type

built-in

Signature

> url encode {flags} ...rest

Flags

--all, -a: Encode all non-alphanumeric chars including /, ., :.

Parameters

...rest: For a data structure input, check strings at the given cell paths, and replace with result.

Input/output types:

input	output
string	string
binary	string
list<oneof<string, binary>>	list<string>
table	table
record	record

Examples

Encode a URL with escape characters.

> 'https://example.com/foo bar' | url encode
https://example.com/foo%20bar

Encode multiple URLs with escape characters in list.

> ['https://example.com/foo bar' 'https://example.com/a>b' '中文字/eng/12 34'] | url encode
╭───┬─────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ 0 │ https://example.com/foo%20bar           │
│ 1 │ https://example.com/a%3Eb               │
│ 2 │ %E4%B8%AD%E6%96%87%E5%AD%97/eng/12%2034 │
╰───┴─────────────────────────────────────────╯

Encode all non alphanumeric chars with all flag.

> 'https://example.com/foo bar' | url encode --all
https%3A%2F%2Fexample%2Ecom%2Ffoo%20bar

Encode a iso-8859-1 encoded string.

> '£ rates' | encode iso-8859-1 | url encode
%A3%20rates

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