Spaces in variable URL

[Terkelsen]

I'm using Switch to generate a html-mail containing a button with a URL for the user to click on. This works fine, but if the receiver will forward this e-mail, the URL-link might get lost depending on which e-mail application is used and the users local settings.

To compensate for this I also include the URL as a text string so the user can copy this and paste it in his webbrowser. That works fine as well ..for the most.

The URL is dynamically generated based on metadata from the job i Switch. Sometimes that metadata string will contain spaces (could be a users first and last name). In that case the URL text-string is broken.

I'm aware that in a URL a space is supposed to be %20, but since the data comes from a variable I don't see any way to automatically replace the spaces with %20.

I'm far from an expert in html, so I wonder if anybody has a solution for this challenge.

[JimmyHartington]

Hi Erik

Could you set the variable to private data?
Then use one of the apps, which can search and replace in private data, to search for space and replace with %20.
And in the e-mail insert the private data url.

[Terkelsen]

Brilliant idea, Jimmy I was on my way down that road, but for some reason turned around.

I simply write the entire URL into Private data and then use String Replace to replace space with %20 in that entire dataset. I've tested and it works just fine

[JimmyHartington]

#UPDATE 2023-09-08 13.57.06: Link to script is changed.
Better logging is added. See this post viewtopic.php?t=4756

Hi Erik

I am still learning to script in Node.JS, so I took this as a small challenge.

Here is a small script, which uses the function "encodeURI" of JavaScript to encode the URL.
https://d.pr/f/6LJBwr+

And here is a sample flow, which also uses Firestarter and Create Text apps.
https://d.pr/f/qt4s7S+

[Terkelsen]

Jimmy, I can confirm that your script works as well, just as String replace did