Encoding values for parameters in URL

ghouse has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hi, We are calling an URL with parameters ..It's as follows

http://docqa.lehman.com:8888/DDL/servlets/dv.search?deptID=159&pubTitl
+e=3/16+--+Test2+-+word+and+powerpoint+attatchment,+past+picture+from+
+word.+Import+Excel+file.+with+banners+and+salutations.+Insert+picture
+&deptType=HIDDEN
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We need to encode the value for the parameter pubTitle is large and has special characters. I am not sure how do we do this ..Please let me know

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Re: Encoding values for parameters in URL by inman (Curate) on Apr 01, 2005 at 10:58 UTC
Check out URI::Escape for the value escaping. Expect problems when the size of your URL grows to more than 2k. There is a hard limit at which the browser will ignore URL data.	[reply]
Re^2: Encoding values for parameters in URL by polettix (Vicar) on Apr 01, 2005 at 11:33 UTC
To get around the limit, switch to mimic a POST method instead of a plain GET - LWP and Mechanize can help with that. Flavio (perl -e "print(scalar(reverse('ti.xittelop@oivalf')))") Don't fool yourself.	[reply]
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Re: Encoding values for parameters in URL by FitTrend (Pilgrim) on Apr 01, 2005 at 13:48 UTC
the perl module would be the ideal solution. However, if you do want to encode it yourself or you are curious what encoding to use for certain characters, reference this url (http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_ref_urlencode.asp). /- M a r c -/	[reply]