Re: [cpp-netlib-devel] Query gets lost

[Jeroen H. <vex...@gm...>]

Hi,

On 11 June 2010 05:32, Dean Michael Berris <mik...@gm...> wrote:
> Hi Richy,
>
> On Fri, Jun 11, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Richy <kle...@gm...> wrote:
>> Dear List,
>>
>> this is probably a rather simple question, however I have failed to
>> find a solution.
>>
>> I'm trying to use cpp-netlib with couchdb in a project.
>> CouchDB uses Views to get data and it is possible to filter result by
>> passing a key. In my case that key would be in the form of:
>> ["key1", "key2"]
>>
>> I figured out that one has to manually escape the quotation-signs, but
>> I'm not aware of am escape sequence for the [ sign. However, it
>> doesn't get transmitted and the rest is skipped as well.
>> sample-Code.
>
> You will need to use %5B for '[' and %5D for ']'.
>
> You can get a table from http://www.w3schools.com/TAGS/ref_urlencode.asp
>
> That said, it would be nice if someone can write a urlencode function
> -- maybe as a Karma generator? :D Any takers?
>
> I would love to see one in boost/network/protocol/http/utils/ -- so if
> you have tests and an implementation on your fork, I would love to get
> this in 0.7. :)
>
> --
> Dean Michael Berris
> deanberris.com
>

There's a url_decode and url_encode function already in
http://github.com/mikhailberis/cpp-netlib/blob/master/boost/network/protocol/http/impl/message.ipp.
Though I agree a Karma version would look better :)

Jeroen