NAME

     curl_escape - URL encodes the given string


SYNOPSIS

     #include <curl/curl.h>

     char *curl_escape( char *url, int length );


DESCRIPTION

     This  function will convert the given input string to an URL
     encoded string and return that as a  new  allocated  string.
     All  input  characters  that are not a-z, A-Z or 0-9 will be
     converted to their "URL escaped" version. If a  sequence  of
     %NN (where NN is a two-digit hexadecimal number) is found in
     the string to encode,  that  3-letter  combination  will  be
     copied  to  the  output  unmodifed,  assuming  that it is an
     already encoded piece of data.

     If the 'length' argument is set to 0, curl_escape() will use
     strlen() on the input 'url' string to find out the size.

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


RETURN VALUE

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


SEE ALSO

     curl_unescape(), RFC 2396
























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