URLDecode

Decodes a URL-encoded string.

Method Signature

URLDecode(string=[any], charset=[string])

Arguments

Argument	Type	Required	Description	Default
string	any	true	The URL-encoded string to decode.
charset	string	false	The charset to use when decoding the string. Defaults to UTF-8.	UTF-8

Examples

Simple urlDecode() example

Shows how it takes an input of: %21 and returns: !

Run Example

urlDecode( "%21" );

Result: !

Basic urlDecode() usage

In this example we demonstrate taking a URL encoded message passed on the request context and displaying it decoded.

if( len( rc.MSG ) ) {
	writeOutput( encodeForHTML( urlDecode( rc.MSG ) ) );
}

urlDecode() in obfuscation

In this example we demonstrate url encoding a password before it is encrypted, and then decoding it after it is decrypted.

Run Example

pwd = urlEncodedFormat( "$18$f^$XlTe41" );
writeOutput( pwd & " : " );
pwd = encrypt( pwd, "7Z8of/gKWpqsx/v6O5yHRKanrXsp93B4xIHV97zf88Q=", "BLOWFISH/CBC/PKCS5Padding", "HEX" );
writeOutput( pwd & " : " );
decpwd = decrypt( pwd, "7Z8of/gKWpqsx/v6O5yHRKanrXsp93B4xIHV97zf88Q=", "BLOWFISH/CBC/PKCS5Padding", "HEX" );
writeOutput( decpwd & " : " );
decpwd = urlDecode( decpwd );
writeOutput( decpwd );

Result: %2418%24f%5E%24XlTe41 : : %2418%24f%5E%24XlTe41 : $18$f^$XlTe41

urlDecode() usage as a member function

In this example we demonstrate taking a URL encoded message passed on the request context and displaying it decoded using the urlDecode() member function.

if( len( rc.MSG ) ) {
	writeOutput( encodeForHTML( rc.MSG.urlDecode() ) );
}

Additional Examples

Run Example

encoded_string = "https%3A%2F%2Fdev%2Eboxlang%2Eorg%2Ft%2Fwelcome%2Dto%2Dboxlang%2Ddev%2F2064";
dump( URLDecode( encoded_string ) );

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