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url problem

 [1/10] from: louisaturk:eudoramail at: 28-Dec-2001 23:27


Fellow rebols, How can I get rebol to read a url containing the ! character? Louis
>> x: http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/churchdir/!unitedstates.htm
== http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/churchdir/!unitedstates.htm
>> y: read x
** User Error: URL error: http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/churchdir/!unitedstates.htm ** Near: y: read x

 [2/10] from: joel:neely:fedex at: 28-Dec-2001 23:33


Hi, Louis, Use URL encoding in a string ... Dr. Louis A. Turk wrote:
> How can I get rebol to read a url containing the ! character? > Louis
<<quoted lines omitted: 5>>
> ** Near: y: read x > >>
... as follows:
>> y: read to-url
http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/churchdir/%21unitedstates.htm == {<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mi...
>>
-jn- -- ; sub REBOL {}; sub head ($) {@_[0]} REBOL [] # despam: func [e] [replace replace/all e ":" "." "#" "@"] ; sub despam {my ($e) = @_; $e =~ tr/:#/.@/; return "\n$e"} print head reverse despam "moc:xedef#yleen:leoj" ;

 [3/10] from: louisaturk:eudoramail at: 29-Dec-2001 0:32


Joel, What am I still doing wrong?
>> x: read to-url "http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/churchdir/!unitedstates.htm"
** User Error: URL error: http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/churchdir/!unitedstates.htm ** Near: x: read to-url {http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/churchdir/!unitedstates.htm}
>>
Louis At 11:33 PM 12/28/2001 -0600, you wrote:

 [4/10] from: slok00::yahoo at: 29-Dec-2001 16:48


what if you replace "!" with "%21" without the quotes. I got a network timeout from here. Not sure if it will work on your side x: read to-url "http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/churchdir/%21unitedstates.htm" YekSoon At 12:32 AM 12/29/2001 -0600, you wrote:

 [5/10] from: joel:neely:fedex at: 29-Dec-2001 6:17


Hi, Louis, You're not replacing the bang ("!") with "%21" in the string. URL encoding replaces almost all special characters with their ASCII equivalent in hexadecimal, preceded by a percent sign. (All special characters except those having specific meaning in a URL, such as "/", and those explicitly allowed in host names and paths, such as "-".) Take another look at my example... -jn- Dr. Louis A. Turk wrote:
> Joel, > What am I still doing wrong?
<<quoted lines omitted: 7>>
> >Use URL encoding in a string ... > >
...
> > > >... as follows:
<<quoted lines omitted: 16>>
> >-jn- > >
-- ; sub REBOL {}; sub head ($) {@_[0]} REBOL [] # despam: func [e] [replace replace/all e ":" "." "#" "@"] ; sub despam {my ($e) = @_; $e =~ tr/:#/.@/; return "\n$e"} print head reverse despam "moc:xedef#yleen:leoj" ;

 [6/10] from: louisaturk:eudoramail at: 29-Dec-2001 7:01


Joel, You stuck the answer right in front of my eyes, but I didn't see it! :>) Well I should go to bed; that is the problem. But I want to get this done!!!!! Thanks, Louis At 06:17 AM 12/29/2001 -0600, you wrote:

 [7/10] from: joel:neely:fedex at: 29-Dec-2001 7:13


Hi, Louis, Dr. Louis A. Turk wrote:
> Joel, > > You stuck the answer right in front of my eyes, but I didn't > see it! :>) >
If I had a nickel for every bug in plain sight that I couldn't see I'd be independently wealthy (and investing in RT... ;-) I've actually fixed programs by describing them to my wife (who is no dummy, but she's a second-grade teacher with little time for geekish esoterica...)
> Well I should go to bed; that is the problem. > But I want to get this done!!!!! >
When a hack attack strikes, all you can do is ride it out! -jn- -- ; sub REBOL {}; sub head ($) {@_[0]} REBOL [] # despam: func [e] [replace replace/all e ":" "." "#" "@"] ; sub despam {my ($e) = @_; $e =~ tr/:#/.@/; return "\n$e"} print head reverse despam "moc:xedef#yleen:leoj" ;

 [8/10] from: louisaturk:eudoramail at: 29-Dec-2001 5:55


YekSoon, Many thanks. I thought that % and some number might be needed, but I didn't know the number for ! However, it also needs cury braces. This works: x: read to-url {http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/churchdir/%21unitedstates.htm} Seems to me that rebol should take care of this without all the work-a-round. Thanks again to you and to Joel also. Louis At 04:48 PM 12/29/2001 +0800, you wrote:

 [9/10] from: tomc::darkwing::uoregon::edu at: 29-Dec-2001 12:12


Hi Louis, Many moons ago I wrote %url-encode.r with a /re(encode) refinement that will help your current situation.
>> do http://www.rebol.org/web/url-encode.r >> >> x: read to-url url-encode/re "http://www.wayoflife.org/fbns/churchdir/!unitedstates.htm"
== {<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="Mi...
>>
On Sat, 29 Dec 2001, Dr. Louis A. Turk wrote:

 [10/10] from: louisaturk:eudoramail at: 30-Dec-2001 20:34


Tom, I just tried your url-encode function. Very nice and useful for my present needs. Many thanks! Louis At 12:12 PM 12/29/2001 -0800, you wrote:
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