@GetAsURLDecoded ( url ; counter )

Decodes URL-encoded UTF-8 text.

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Alex Zueiv - Show more from this author
Tashkent
https://github.com/zueiv

Sample input:

@GetAsURLDecoded ( "Hello%20%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80!" ; 1 )

Sample output:

Hello Мир!

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

// @GetAsURLDecoded ( url ; counter )
// 2017-12-23 by Alex Zueiv
// For FMP 16 or grater (no runtimes!)
// Supports multilingual URLs:
// @GetAsURLDecoded ( "Hello%20%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80!" ; 1 )

If ( Left ( url ; 1 ) = "%" ; 

Let ( 
	NEXT = counter * 3 + 1 ; 

	If ( Middle ( url ; NEXT ; 1 ) = "%" ; 

		@GetAsURLDecoded ( url ; counter + 1 ) ; 

		HexDecode ( Substitute ( Left ( url ; NEXT - 1 ) ; "%" ; "" ) ) 
		& @GetAsURLDecoded ( Replace ( url ; 1 ; NEXT - 1 ; "" ) ; 1 ) 
	) 
) ; 

Let ( 
	NEXT = Position ( url ; "%" ; 1 ; 1 ) ; 

	If ( NEXT ; 

		Left ( url ; NEXT - 1 ) 
		& @GetAsURLDecoded ( Replace ( url ; 1 ; NEXT - 1 ; "" ) ; 1 ) ; 

		url 
	) 
) 

)

Recursive function to decode URL. Based on the new FMP16 function HexDecode(), so supports the whole Unicode table, but cannot work in runtime solutions.

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@GetAsURLDecoded ( url ; counter )

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