URLencode in AppleScript

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thompsonsol Author

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URLencode in AppleScript

Does anyone know if there is a URLencode function available in AppleScript?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.5.2)

Posted on Apr 26, 2009 5:44 AM

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red_menace

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Apr 26, 2009 8:43 AM in response to thompsonsol

There isn't one in AppleScript per se, but you can call a Python routine that will do it (refer to the pydoc manual page for more information):

do shell script "/usr/bin/python -c 'import sys, urllib; print urllib.quote(sys.argv[1])' " & quoted form of TheTextToEncode

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thompsonsol Author

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Apr 26, 2009 2:43 PM in response to red_menace

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

Do you need Python to be installed or does it come standard?

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red_menace

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Apr 26, 2009 3:06 PM in response to thompsonsol

Several scripting languages are already installed, including Python.

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TomkOx

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Jul 10, 2009 1:18 PM in response to thompsonsol

Another way (via PHP):

AppleScript:
*set input to "Text or URL to encode via PHP!"*
*set textencoded to do shell script "php -r 'echo trim(urlencode(" & "\"" & input & "" & "\"));'"*

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