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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, char *url, int length );

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

       If the length argument is set to 0 (zero), curl_easy_escape(3) uses strlen() on the input url to find
       out the size.

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

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

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

SEE ALSO
       curl_easy_unescape(3), curl_free(3), RFC2396



libcurl 7.15.4                                  7 April 2006                             curl_easy_escape(3)

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