{"id":498,"date":"2011-07-10T20:17:55","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T20:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.alwawee.ru\/?p=498"},"modified":"2011-12-30T16:17:20","modified_gmt":"2011-12-30T12:17:20","slug":"how-to-url-encode-nsstring-with-utf-8-characters-in-objective-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.alwawee.ru\/?p=498","title":{"rendered":"How-To: URL Encode NSString with UTF-8 Characters in Objective-C"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.alwawee.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/objc.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.alwawee.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/objc.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"objc\" width=\"303\" height=\"297\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.alwawee.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/objc.png 303w, https:\/\/blog.alwawee.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/objc-300x294.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 303px) 100vw, 303px\" \/><\/a>Let&#8217;s say you have to send a POST HTTP request that contains UTF-8 characters. But the problem is that url will not be formed if you simply try to generate it from a string. I managed that problem in the following way:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"alwawee-code\"><code>&lt;\/p&gt;\n&lt;pre&gt;NSLog(@&quot;The urlString is: &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;%@&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&quot;, urlString);\r\n\r\nNSString* escapedUrlString =[urlString stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:\r\nNSUTF8StringEncoding];\r\nNSLog(@&quot;The urlString is: &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;%@&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&quot;, escapedUrlString);\r\n\r\nNSURL* url = [NSURL URLWithString: escapedUrlString];\r\nNSLog(@&quot;The url is: &gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;&gt;%@&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&lt;&quot;, url);&lt;\/pre&gt;\n&lt;p&gt;<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>References:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.evandavey.com\/2009\/01\/how-to-url-encode-nsstring-in-objective-c.html\" title=\"http:\/\/blog.evandavey.com\/2009\/01\/how-to-url-encode-nsstring-in-objective-c.html\">http:\/\/blog.evandavey.com\/2009\/01\/how-to-url-encode-nsstring-in-objective-c.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s say you have to send a POST HTTP request that contains UTF-8 characters. 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