URL Encoding by Language: Python, JS, PHP, Java
Language-specific URL encoding: urllib.parse in Python, encodeURIComponent in JS, urlencode in PHP, URLEncoder in Java, and url.QueryEscape in Go.
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URL Encoding by Language: Python, JS, PHP, Java, Go, and Ruby Every language has its own URL encoding API, and they differ in subtle but important ways — particularly around which characters they encode, whether spaces become or , and how they handle query string construction vs. path encoding. This post gives you the idiomatic approach for each of six languages, with side-by-side comparisons of common cases. --- The Test Cases To compare languages fairly, we will encode the same five strings in each: — space handling — plus, ampersand — equals, ampersand, non-ASCII — full URL as a value — email address --- JavaScript JavaScript has two encoding functions (, ) and the API for query strings. Always use for values. Key differences from other languages: leaves unencoded (a quirk of the…
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