IDLnetURL::URLEncode

The IDLnetURL::Encode static function method encodes a string using "percent encoding" to escape reserved characters. This method is typically used to encode the value field in a name/value pair for HTTP get, put and post requests.

Example

value = IDLnetURL.URLEncode('My JSON string is: {"key":"value"}')

PRINT, value

IDL prints:

My%20JSON%20string%20is%3A%20%7B%22key%22%3A%22value%22%7D

Syntax

Result = Obj->[IDLnetURL::]URLEncode( String )

Return Value

The result is a string containing the encoded value.

Arguments

String

Set this argument to the string to be encoded.

Keywords

None.

Version History

8.5.1

Introduced