docs-v2/content/influxdb/cloud/reference/flux/stdlib/http/pathescape.md

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http.pathEscape() function	The `http.pathEscape()` function escapes special characters in a string (including `/`) and replaces non-ASCII characters with hexadecimal representations (`%XX`).	influxdb_cloud_ref name parent http.pathEscape HTTP	202

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

Function type: Transformation

import "http"

http.pathEscape(
  inputString: "/this/is/an/example-path.html"
)

// Returns %2Fthis%2Fis%2Fan%2Fexample-path.html

Parameters

inputString

The string to escape.

Data type: String

Examples

URL-encode strings in a stream of tables

import "http"

data
  |> map(fn: (r) => ({ r with
    path: http.pathEscape(inputString: r.path)
  }))