urlcommon-lispdrakma

URL-decode a string in Common Lisp


I have a string that contains an escaped URL:

http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%3Ffoo%3Dbar+baz

I'm trying to decode it to the following:

http://example.com?foo=bar+baz

However, I can't find any suitable function exported by Drakma. I can encode like so:

* url-string

"http://example.com?foo=bar+baz"
* (drakma:url-encode url-string :utf-8)

"http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%3Ffoo%3Dbar%2Bbaz"

... so I figure I'm on the right track. If anyone could supply a nudge in the right direction I'd appreciate it :-) I'm using SBCL 1.0.54, built from source on 64-bit Linux Mint 13.

If it helps clarify what I'm trying to do, in Ruby, I'd do the following:

> uri_string = "http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%3Ffoo%3Dbar+baz"
 => "http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%3Ffoo%3Dbar+baz" 
> URI.decode uri_string
 => "http://example.com?foo=bar+baz" 

Solution

  • A quick SLIME session.

    CL-USER> (ql-dist:system-apropos "url")
    
    #<SYSTEM curly / curly-20120407-git / quicklisp 2012-05-20>
    #<SYSTEM curly.test / curly-20120407-git / quicklisp 2012-05-20>
    #<SYSTEM do-urlencode / do-urlencode-20120407-git / quicklisp 2012-05-20>
    #<SYSTEM url-rewrite / url-rewrite-0.1.1 / quicklisp 2012-05-20>
    
    CL-USER> (ql:quickload :do-urlencode)
    

    C-cC-dpdo-urlencodeRET

    DO-URLENCODE:URLDECODE
      Function: (not documented)
    DO-URLENCODE:URLENCODE
      Function: (not documented)
    DO-URLENCODE:URLENCODE-MALFORMED-STRING
      Type: (not documented)
    DO-URLENCODE:URLENCODE-MALFORMED-STRING-STRING
      Generic Function: (not documented)
    
    CL-USER> (do-urlencode:urldecode "http%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%3Ffoo%3Dbar%2Bbaz")
    
    "http://example.com?foo=bar+baz"