urlencode

What is urlencode?

The `urlencode` npm package is used for encoding and decoding URL strings. It provides simple methods to encode a string into a URL-safe format and decode a URL-encoded string back to its original format.

What are urlencode's main functionalities?

URL Encoding

This feature allows you to encode a string into a URL-safe format. The `urlencode` function takes a string as input and returns the encoded version of that string.

const urlencode = require('urlencode');
const encoded = urlencode('Hello World!');
console.log(encoded); // Outputs: Hello%20World%21

URL Decoding

This feature allows you to decode a URL-encoded string back to its original format. The `decode` function takes an encoded string as input and returns the decoded version of that string.

const urlencode = require('urlencode');
const decoded = urlencode.decode('Hello%20World%21');
console.log(decoded); // Outputs: Hello World!

Encoding with Character Set

This feature allows you to encode a string using a specific character set. The `urlencode` function can take an additional parameter specifying the character set to use for encoding.

const urlencode = require('urlencode');
const encoded = urlencode('你好', 'gbk');
console.log(encoded); // Outputs: %C4%E3%BA%C3

Decoding with Character Set

This feature allows you to decode a URL-encoded string using a specific character set. The `decode` function can take an additional parameter specifying the character set to use for decoding.

const urlencode = require('urlencode');
const decoded = urlencode.decode('%C4%E3%BA%C3', 'gbk');
console.log(decoded); // Outputs: 你好

Other packages similar to urlencode

querystring

The `querystring` module is part of Node.js core and provides utilities for parsing and formatting URL query strings. It offers similar functionality for encoding and decoding URL components but is more focused on query strings rather than general URL encoding.

qs

The `qs` package is a query string parser with support for nested objects. It provides more advanced parsing and stringifying capabilities compared to `urlencode`, making it suitable for complex query string manipulations.

url

The `url` module is part of Node.js core and provides utilities for URL resolution and parsing. While it includes methods for URL encoding and decoding, it is more comprehensive and includes additional functionalities for working with URLs.

README

urlencode

encodeURIComponent with charset, e.g.: gbk

Install

$ npm install urlencode

Usage

var urlencode = require('urlencode');

console.log(urlencode('苏千')); // default is utf8
console.log(urlencode('苏千', 'gbk')); // '%CB%D5%C7%A7'

// decode gbk
urlencode.decode('%CB%D5%C7%A7', 'gbk'); // '苏千'

// parse gbk querystring
urlencode.parse('nick=%CB%D5%C7%A7', {charset: 'gbk'}); // {nick: '苏千'}

// stringify obj with gbk encoding
var str = 'x[y][0][v][w]=' + urlencode('雾空', 'gbk'); // x[y][0][v][w]=%CE%ED%BF%D5
var obj =  {'x' : {'y' : [{'v' : {'w' : '雾空'}}]}};
urlencode.stringify(obj, {charset: 'gbk'}).should.equal(str);

Benchmark

urlencode(str, encoding)

$ node benchmark/urlencode.js

node version: v0.10.26
urlencode(str) x 11,980 ops/sec ±1.13% (100 runs sampled)
urlencode(str, "gbk") x 8,575 ops/sec ±1.58% (94 runs sampled)
encodeURIComponent(str) x 11,677 ops/sec ±2.32% (93 runs sampled)
Fastest is urlencode(str)

urlencode.decode(str, encoding)

$ node benchmark/urlencode.decode.js

node version: v0.10.26
urlencode.decode(str) x 26,027 ops/sec ±7.51% (73 runs sampled)
urlencode.decode(str, "gbk") x 14,409 ops/sec ±1.72% (98 runs sampled)
decodeURIComponent(str) x 36,052 ops/sec ±0.90% (96 runs sampled)
urlencode.parse(qs, {charset: "gbk"}) x 16,401 ops/sec ±1.09% (98 runs sampled)
urlencode.parse(qs, {charset: "utf8"}) x 23,381 ops/sec ±2.22% (93 runs sampled)
Fastest is decodeURIComponent(str)

TODO

• stringify()

License

MIT