How do you safely encode a URL using JavaScript such that it can be put into a GET string?
var myUrl = "http://example.com/index.html?param=1&anotherParam=2"; var myOtherUrl = "http://example.com/index.html?url=" + myUrl;
I assume that you need to encode the myUrl variable on that second line?
myUrl
Yes, you are correct. To safely include a URL as a parameter in another URL, you should encode it using encodeURIComponent() in JavaScript. This function ensures that special characters in the URL are properly encoded, making it safe to include in a GET string.
encodeURIComponent()
Here’s how you can modify your code:
var myUrl = "http://example.com/index.html?param=1&anotherParam=2"; var encodedUrl = encodeURIComponent(myUrl); var myOtherUrl = "http://example.com/index.html?url=" + encodedUrl;
In the above code, encodeURIComponent(myUrl) will replace special characters (such as :, /, ?, &, and others) with their URL-encoded equivalents, making myOtherUrl safe to use in a GET string.
encodeURIComponent(myUrl)
:
/
?
&
myOtherUrl