CODEWITHSUNDEEP
iosswifturlnsurl
inanva
inanva

Reputation: 223

encoding url using swift code

I need to send an URL in Arabic language, so I need to encode it before I put it in URL. I am using Swift code.

Below is an example what i really need

var s = "www.example.com/السلام عليكم"

let url = NSURL(string : s)

So the word (السلام عليكم) is in Arabic characters that what I want to send.

Upvotes: 20

Views: 24903

Answers (6)

Amr AbdelWahab
Amr AbdelWahab

Reputation: 115

swift 4 we face the same problem it solved by this way 

extension String { 
var fixedArabicURL: String?  {
       return self.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: CharacterSet.alphanumerics
           .union(CharacterSet.urlPathAllowed)
           .union(CharacterSet.urlHostAllowed))
   } }

Upvotes: 1

Vyacheslav
Vyacheslav

Reputation: 27211

To improve @Druva's answer create an extention somewhere in the project

Swift 2.0

extension String
{   
    func encodeUrl() -> String
    {
        return self.stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters( NSCharacterSet.URLQueryAllowedCharacterSet())
    }
func decodeUrl() -> String
    {
        return self.stringByRemovingPercentEncoding
    }

}

Swift 3.0

 extension String
    {   
        func encodeUrl() -> String
        {
            return self.addingPercentEncoding( withAllowedCharacters: .urlQueryAllowed)
        }
    func decodeUrl() -> String
        {
            return self.stringByRemovingPercentEncoding
        }

    }

Upvotes: 11

yarlg
yarlg

Reputation: 3661

Swift 2.0

let urlwithPercentEscapes = myurlstring.stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters( NSCharacterSet.URLQueryAllowedCharacterSet())

Swift 3

let urlwithPercentEscapes = myurlstring.addingPercentEncoding( withAllowedCharacters: .urlQueryAllowed)

Upvotes: 35

Gary G
Gary G

Reputation: 31

You need to encode this string as it contains special characters.

var s = "www.example.com/السلام عليكم"
let encodedLink = s.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlFragmentAllowed)
let encodedURL = NSURL(string: encodedLink!)! as URL

where encodedURL is your final URL

Upvotes: 3

Vasily
Vasily

Reputation: 3790

You need to encode url as you have written. You can do so with that string method:

stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding(NSStringEncoding)

So your code will be:

var s = "www.example.com/السلام عليكم"
// you may add check before force unwrapping
let url = NSURL(string : s.stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding(NSUTF8StringEncoding)!)

Upvotes: 6

mesterkunna
mesterkunna

Reputation: 1

you have to Encode this URL before sending this URL

Upvotes: -2

Related Questions