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| .TH curl_unescape 3 "22 March 2001" "libcurl 7.7" "libcurl Manual" |
| .SH NAME |
| curl_unescape - URL decodes the given string |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B #include <curl/curl.h> |
| .sp |
| .BI "char *curl_unescape( char *" url ", int "length " );" |
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| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| This function will convert the given URL encoded input string to a "plain |
| string" and return that as a new allocated string. All input characters that |
| are URL encoded (%XX where XX is a two-digit hexadecimal number, or +) will be |
| converted to their plain text versions (up to a ? letter, no letters to the |
| right of a ? letter will be converted). |
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| If the 'length' argument is set to 0, curl_unescape() will use strlen() on the |
| input 'url' string to find out the size. |
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| You must free() the returned string when you're done with it. |
| .SH RETURN VALUE |
| A pointer to a zero terminated string or NULL if it failed. |
| .SH "SEE ALSO" |
| .I curl_escape(), RFC 2396 |
