NAME ==== URI::Encode - Simple percent Encoding/Decoding SYNOPSIS ======== # OOP Interface use URI::Encode; my $uri = URI::Encode->new({encode_reserved =>0}); my $encoded = $uri->encode($data); my $decoded = $uri->decode($encoded); # Functional use URI::Encode qw(uri_encode uri_decode); my $encoded = uri_encode($data); my $decoded = uri_decode($encoded); DESCRIPTION =========== This modules provides simple URI (Percent) encoding/decoding The main purpose of this module (at least for me) was to provide an easy method to encode strings (mainly URLs) into a format which can be pasted into a plain text emails, and that those links are 'click-able' by the person reading that email. This can be accomplished by NOT encoding the reserved characters. This module can also be useful when using HTTP::Tiny to ensure the URLs are properly escaped. If you are looking for speed and want to encode reserved characters, use URI::Escape::XS See this script for a comparison on encoding results and performance. METHODS ======= new() ----- Creates a new object, no arguments are required my $encoder = URI::Encode->new(\%options); The following options can be passed to the constructor - encode_reserved my $encoder = URI::Encode->new({encode_reserved => 0}); If true, "Reserved Characters" are also encoded. Defaults to false. - double_encode my $encoder = URI::Encode->new({double_encode => 1}); If true, characters that are already percent-encoded will not be encoded again. Defaults to true. my $encoder = URI::Encode->new({double_encode => 0}); print $encoder->encode('http://perl.com/foo%20bar'); # prints http://perl.com/foo%20bar encode($url, $including\_reserved) ---------------------------------- This method encodes the URL provided. The method does not encode any "Reserved Characters" unless $including_reserved is true or set in the constructor. The $url provided is first converted into UTF-8 before percent encoding. $uri->encode("http://perl.com/foo bar"); # http://perl.com/foo%20bar $uri->encode("http://perl.com/foo bar", 1); # http%3A%2F%2Fperl.com%2Ffoo%20bar decode($url) ------------ This method decodes a 'percent' encoded URL. If you had encoded the URL using this module (or any other method), chances are that the URL was converted to UTF-8 before 'percent' encoding. Be sure to check the format and convert back if required. $uri->decode("http%3A%2F%2Fperl.com%2Ffoo%20bar"); # "http://perl.com/foo bar" EXPORTED FUNCTIONS ================== The following functions are exported upon request. This provides a non-OOP interface uri\_encode($url, \\%options) ----------------------------- uri\_decode($url) ----------------- CHARACTER CLASSES ================= Reserved Characters ------------------- The following characters are considered as reserved (RFC 3986). They will be encoded only if requested. ! * ' ( ) ; : @ & = + $ , / ? # [ ] Unreserved Characters --------------------- The following characters are considered as Unreserved. They will not be encoded a-z A-Z 0-9 - _ . ~ DEPENDENCIES ============ Encode ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ================ Gisle Aas for URI::Escape David Nicol for Tie::UrlEncoder SEE ALSO ======== RFC 3986 URI::Escape URI::Escape::XS URI::Escape::JavaScript Tie::UrlEncoder BUGS AND LIMITATIONS ==================== Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-uri-encode@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=URI-Encode AUTHOR ====== Mithun Ayachit mithun@cpan.org LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT ===================== Copyright (c) 2012, Mithun Ayachit. All rights reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.