docs-v2/content/flux/v0/stdlib/http/pathescape.md

title	description	menu	weight	introduced
http.pathEscape() function	`http.pathEscape()` escapes special characters in a string (including `/`) and replaces non-ASCII characters with hexadecimal representations (`%XX`).	flux_v0_ref name parent identifier http.pathEscape http http/pathEscape	101	0.71.0

http.pathEscape() escapes special characters in a string (including /) and replaces non-ASCII characters with hexadecimal representations (%XX).

Function type signature

(inputString: string) => string

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Parameters

inputString

({{< req >}}) String to escape.

Examples

• URL-encode a string
• URL-encode strings in a stream of tables

URL-encode a string

import "http"

http.pathEscape(inputString: "Hello world!")// Returns "Hello%20world%21"

URL-encode strings in a stream of tables

import "http"
import "sampledata"

sampledata.string()
    |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with _value: http.pathEscape(inputString: r._value)}))

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Input data

_time	*tag	_value
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	t1	smpl_g9qczs
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	t1	smpl_0mgv9n
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	t1	smpl_phw664
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	t1	smpl_guvzy4
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	t1	smpl_5v3cce
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	t1	smpl_s9fmgy

_time	*tag	_value
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	t2	smpl_b5eida
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	t2	smpl_eu4oxp
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	t2	smpl_5g7tz4
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	t2	smpl_sox1ut
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	t2	smpl_wfm757
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	t2	smpl_dtn2bv

Output data

_time	_value	*tag
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	smpl_g9qczs	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	smpl_0mgv9n	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	smpl_phw664	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	smpl_guvzy4	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	smpl_5v3cce	t1
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	smpl_s9fmgy	t1

_time	_value	*tag
2021-01-01T00:00:00Z	smpl_b5eida	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:10Z	smpl_eu4oxp	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:20Z	smpl_5g7tz4	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:30Z	smpl_sox1ut	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:40Z	smpl_wfm757	t2
2021-01-01T00:00:50Z	smpl_dtn2bv	t2

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