curl/lib/escape.c

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/* Escape and unescape URL encoding in strings. The functions return a new
 * allocated string or NULL if an error occurred.  */

#include "setup.h"
#include <ctype.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>

/* The last #include file should be: */
#ifdef MALLOCDEBUG
#include "memdebug.h"
#endif

char *curl_escape(char *string, int length)
{
  int alloc = (length?length:(int)strlen(string))+1;  
  char *ns = malloc(alloc);
  unsigned char in;
  int newlen = alloc;
  int index=0;

  length = alloc-1;
  while(length--) {
    in = *string;
    if(' ' == in)
      ns[index++] = '+';
    else if(!(in >= 'a' && in <= 'z') &&
            !(in >= 'A' && in <= 'Z') &&
            !(in >= '0' && in <= '9')) {
      /* encode it */
      newlen += 2; /* the size grows with two, since this'll become a %XX */
      if(newlen > alloc) {
        alloc *= 2;
        ns = realloc(ns, alloc);
        if(!ns)
          return NULL;
      }
      sprintf(&ns[index], "%%%02X", in);

      index+=3;
    }
    else {
      /* just copy this */
      ns[index++]=in;
    }
    string++;
  }
  ns[index]=0; /* terminate it */
  return ns;
}

char *curl_unescape(char *string, int length)
{
  int alloc = (length?length:(int)strlen(string))+1;
  char *ns = malloc(alloc);
  unsigned char in;
  int index=0;
  unsigned int hex;
  char querypart=FALSE; /* everything to the right of a '?' letter is
                           the "query part" where '+' should become ' '.
                           RFC 2316, section 3.10 */
  
  while(--alloc > 0) {
    in = *string;
    if(querypart && ('+' == in))
      in = ' ';
    else if(!querypart && ('?' == in)) {
      /* we have "walked in" to the query part */
      querypart=TRUE;
    }
    else if('%' == in) {
      /* encoded part */
      if(sscanf(string+1, "%02X", &hex)) {
        in = hex;
        string+=2;
        alloc-=2;
      }
    }
    
    ns[index++] = in;
    string++;
  }
  ns[index]=0; /* terminate it */
  return ns;
  
}