Standard URL encode function?

Question

Is there a Delphi equivalent of .net's Url.UrlEncode()?

Answer 1

AFAIK you need to make your own.

Here are a few examples.

• URLEncode
• HTTPEncode

Answer 2

Look at indy IdURI unit, it has two static methods in the TIdURI class for Encode/Decode the URL.

uses
  IdURI;

..
begin
  S := TIdURI.URLEncode(str);
//
  S := TIdURI.URLDecode(str);
end;

Answer 3

Another option, is to use the Synapse library which has a simple URL encoding method (as well as many others) in the SynaCode unit.

uses
  SynaCode;
..
begin
  s := EncodeUrl( str );
//
  s := DecodeUrl( str );
end;

Answer 4

In a non-dotnet environment, the Wininet unit provides access to Windows' WinHTTP encode function: InternetCanonicalizeUrl