curl_unescape – linux man page
August 27th, 2009
| Tags: curl, curl_unescape
curl_unescape – URL decodes the given string
USAGE
#include <curl/curl.h>
char *curl_unescape( char *url, int length );
DESCRIPTION
This function will convert the given URL encoded input string to a
"plain string" and return that as a new allocated string. All input
characters that are URL encoded (%XX where XX is a two-digit hexadeci-
mal number, or +) will be converted to their plain text versions (up to
a ? letter, no + letters to the right of a ? letter will be converted).
If the ’length’ argument is set to 0, curl_unescape() will use strlen()
on the input ’url’ string to find out the size.
You must curl_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_escape(), curl_free(), RFC 2396
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