C++ URLencode library (Unicode capable) ?

Question

I need a library that can URLencode a string/char array.

Now, I can hex encode an ASCII array like here: http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/cpp/cpp_mfc/article.php/c4029

But I need something that works with Unicode. Note: On Linux AND on Windows !

CURL has a quite nice:

 char *encodedURL = curl_easy_escape(handle,WEBPAGE_URL, strlen(WEBPAGE_URL));

but first, that needs CURL and it also is not unicode capable, as one sees by strlen

Answer 1

You can consider converting your Unicode URL to UTF8 first, the UTF8 data will carry your Unicode data in ASCII characters, Once you get your URL in UTF8 you can easily encode the URL with the API you prefer.