URI::Encode(3pm)					User Contributed Perl Documentation					  URI::Encode(3pm)

NAME

       URI::Encode - Simple percent Encoding/Decoding

SYNOPSIS

	   # OOP Interface
	   use URI::Encode;
	   my $uri = URI::Encode->new({encode_reserved =>0});
	   my $encoded = $uri->encode($data);
	   my $decoded = $uri->decode($encoded);

	   # Functional
	   use URI::Encode qw(uri_encode uri_decode);
	   my $encoded = uri_encode($data);
	   my $decoded = uri_decode($encoded);

DESCRIPTION

       This modules provides simple URI (Percent) encoding/decoding

       The main purpose of this module (at least for me) was to provide an easy method to encode strings (mainly URLs) into a format which can be
       pasted into a plain text emails, and that those links are 'click-able' by the person reading that email. This can be accomplished by NOT
       encoding the reserved characters.

       This module can also be useful when using HTTP::Tiny to ensure the URLs are properly escaped.

       If you are looking for speed and want to encode reserved characters, use URI::Escape::XS

       See this script <https://github.com/mithun/perl-uri-encode/raw/master/.author/benchmark.pl> for a comparison on encoding results and
       performance.

METHODS

   new()
       Creates a new object, no arguments are required

	       my $encoder = URI::Encode->new(\%options);

       The following options can be passed to the constructor

       encode_reserved
		   my $encoder = URI::Encode->new({encode_reserved => 0});

	   If true, "Reserved Characters" are also encoded. Defaults to false.

   encode($url, $including_reserved)
       This method encodes the URL provided. The method does not encode any "Reserved Characters" unless $including_reserved is true or set in the
       constructor. The $url provided is first converted into UTF-8 before percent encoding.

	       $uri->encode("http://perl.com/foo bar");      # http://perl.com/foo%20bar
	       $uri->encode("http://perl.com/foo bar", 1);   # http%3A%2F%2Fperl.com%2Ffoo%20bar

   decode($url)
       This method decodes a 'percent' encoded URL. If you had encoded the URL using this module (or any other method), chances are that the URL
       was converted to UTF-8 before 'percent' encoding. Be sure to check the format and convert back if required.

	       $uri->decode("http%3A%2F%2Fperl.com%2Ffoo%20bar"); # "http://perl.com/foo bar"

EXPORTED FUNCTIONS

       The following functions are exported upon request. This provides a non-OOP interface

   uri_encode($url, $including_reserved)
       See "encode($url, $including_reserved)"

   uri_decode($url)
       See "decode($url)"

CHARACTER CLASSES

   Reserved Characters
       The following characters are considered as reserved (RFC 3986 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986>). They will be encoded only if
       requested.

		! * ' ( ) ; : @ & = + $ , / ? % # [ ]

   Unreserved Characters
       The following characters are considered as Unreserved. They will not be encoded

	       a-z
	       A-Z
	       0-9
	       - _ . ~

DEPENDENCIES

       Encode

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       Gisle Aas for URI::Escape

       David Nicol for Tie::UrlEncoder

SEE ALSO

       RFC 3986 <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3986>

       URI::Escape

       URI::Escape::XS

       URI::Escape::JavaScript

       Tie::UrlEncoder

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-uri-encode@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at
       http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=URI-Encode <http://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=URI-Encode>

AUTHOR

       Mithun Ayachit "mithun@cpan.org"

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2012, Mithun Ayachit. All rights reserved.

       This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See perlartistic.

perl v5.14.2							    2012-03-24							  URI::Encode(3pm)