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The author says they could not use percentage encoding for the period. There is no such restriction in URLs; you can use percentage encoding freely. The interp
by dwaite 5y ago
The author says they could not use percentage encoding for the period. There is no such restriction in URLs; you can use percentage encoding freely.
The interpretation is not always consistent, however - there are patterns such as using %80-%FF for UTF-8 encoded scalars these days, but assuming that in a broadly used URL handler library will eventually bite you.
- simonw 5y agoI tried using percentage encoding for a period and found that when I copied and pasted the URL from my browser it came back as a . character - and since easy copy and pasting is a requirement for me that ruled it out. I should add that to the post!