Use curl with a string input parameter in the url

Question

I want to use curl for a GET request, but the url is of the form:

localhost:<port>/getter?key=This is a sentence., which means that the key is an input parameter in the endpoint.

If I use POSTMAN for the request, then the format with the spaces is absolutely fine.

I have a hard time giving the right format when I use curl. I have tried using the percentage symbol when we have spaces, but I cannot figure it out.

Gilles Quénot · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-13 18:28:39Z

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Replace:

localhost:<port>/getter?key=This is a sentence

by

'http://localhost:<port>/getter?key=This%20is%20a%20sentence'

Note the %20.

If you want a command line to do it for you :

echo "/getter?key=This is a sentence" |
    perl -MURI::Escape -lne 'print uri_escape($_);'

answered Mar 13, 2018 at 18:28

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