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.TH curl_easy_unescape 3 "7 April 2006" "libcurl 7.15.4" "libcurl Manual"
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curl_easy_unescape - URL decodes the given string
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.B #include <curl/curl.h>
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.BI "char *curl_easy_unescape( CURL *" curl ", char *" url ", int "inlength
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.BI ", int *" outlength " );"
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This function converts the given URL encoded input string to a "plain string"
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and returns that in an allocated memory area. All input characters that are
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URL encoded (%XX where XX is a two-digit hexadecimal number) are converted to
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their binary versions.
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If the \fBlength\fP argument is set to 0 (zero), curl_easy_unescape() will use
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strlen() on the input \fIurl\fP string to find out the size.
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If \fBoutlength\fP is non-NULL, the function will write the length of the
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returned string in the integer it points to. This allows an escaped string
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containing %00 to still get used properly after unescaping.
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You must \fIcurl_free(3)\fP the returned string when you're done with it.
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Added in 7.15.4 and replaces the old curl_unescape() function.
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A pointer to a zero terminated string or NULL if it failed.
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.I curl_easy_escape(3), curl_free(3), RFC 2396
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