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Atticus
Atticus

Reputation: 6720

cURL requesting URL with whitespaces in URL.. What to do

So I'm trying to curl this URL:

http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/Screen shot 2011-04-28 at 8.13.21 PM.png

URL Encoded it reads as:

http%3A%2F%2Fimages.fastcompany.com%2Fupload%2FScreen+shot+2011-04-28+at+8.13.21+PM.png

However, curl needs it to be decoded into a proper URL obviously.

How do i get around this problem? cURL drops off the rest of the string as soon as it reaches any whitespace... :(

I should mention I can't wrap the URL with double quotes as it is a variable being posted.

Edit: hahahahaha wowwwwww brainfart.. thanks guys :P

Upvotes: 44

Views: 102131

Answers (6)

Juanma Menendez
Juanma Menendez

Reputation: 20169

For me just to put the name with spaces between "" worked.

Example

curl --upload-file "001- name - lastName.pdf" https://transfer.sh/ernesto

Notice the use of "" in "001- name - lastName.pdf"

Upvotes: 3

Amit Meena
Amit Meena

Reputation: 4444

On Windows, you can use notepad++

  1. Write the text in the file and open it in notepad++.
  2. Select an empty string in the text and then click on search.
  3. Search box will appear, Now click on replace tab.
  4. Select the Extended check box in the Search Mode option.
  5. Click replace enter image description here

Upvotes: 0

Hoàng Vũ Tgtt
Hoàng Vũ Tgtt

Reputation: 2032

I use:

$link = trim($link);
$link = str_replace ( ' ', '%20', $link);

Upvotes: 10

Mitchell M
Mitchell M

Reputation: 493

Use the str_replace(); function. Replace your " " with "%20"

Upvotes: 2

Kane Wallmann
Kane Wallmann

Reputation: 2322

Just use str_replace.

echo str_replace ( ' ', '%20', 'http://images.fastcompany.com/upload/Screen shot 2011-04-28 at 8.13.21 PM.png' );

Upvotes: 47

Drew
Drew

Reputation: 2299

Perhaps try replacing spaces with %20?

Upvotes: 28

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