Specifying Parameters in a URL
You pass arguments in a URL using query parameters. Those parameters are specified in the form parameterName=value.
A parameter list is appended to a URI after a "?". Multiple parameters are separated by "&", as shown here:
- <syntaxhighlight lang="vbnet">
https://{domain}/networking/{targetAddress}?parameterName1=value1¶meterName2=value2
</syntaxhighlight>
For boolean arguments, the value passed can be "1" or "true", "0" or "false".
Note:
When specifying a URL in code, any special characters (characters other than letters and numbers) need to be encoded. For example, a space character can be encoded using either + or %20.(Browsers typically take care of encoding URLs entered into the address bar--so the URL displayed after visiting a page may differ somewhat from the one that was initially entered.)
Here are some typical encodings:
space
+
%%20 or +
%2B
%25
So:
Instead of Use & (A&B)
space (A B)%26 (A%26B)
%20 (A%20B)
It can be hard to get be hard to get the encoding right, so it's desirable to use a language library designed for the purpose.
Learn more:- URL Encoding in HTML
- Encode a URL in JavaScript
- URLEncoder class for Java
