How do I encode an HTTP link... something very easily with javascript?

Question

<a onclick="go_url(ENCODED-URL);return false;">go to this url</a>

Answer 1

encodeURI(ENCODED-URL);

Answer 2

Well you can use escape() and unescape().

Answer 3

You mean something like this?

<script type="text/javascript">

function go_url(url) {
   var u = '';
   for (var i = 0; i < url.length; i++) {
      u += String.fromCharCode(url.charCodeAt(i) ^ 7);
   }
   window.location.href = u;
}

</script>

<a href="#" onclick="go_url('ossw=((ppp)`raaf)dhj');return false;">yeah</a>

Answer 4

Use decodeURI() and encodeURI().

The decodeURI() function decodes a URI encoded with the encodeURI() function.

The encodeURI() function encodes a string as a URI.

Unlike escape() and unescape() these functions are specifically designed to handle URI-encoding/decoding.