curl/docs/libcurl/curl_easy_unescape.3
Emanuele Torre 73b9d7eb0f
docs/libcurl: minor cleanups
I was reading curl_unescape(3) and I noticed that there was an extra
space after the open parenthesis in the SYNOPSIS; I removed the extra
space.

I also ran a few  grep -r  commands to find and remove extra spaces
after '(' in other files, and to find and replace uses of `T*' instead
of `T *'. Some of the instances of `T*` where unnecessary casts that I
removed.

I also fixed a comment that was misaligned in CURLMOPT_SOCKETFUNCTION.3.

And I fixed some formatting inconsistencies: in curl_unescape(3), all
function parameter were mentioned with bold text except length, that was
mentioned as 'length'; and, in curl_easy_unescape(3), all parameters
were mentioned in bold text except url that was italicised. Now they are
all mentioned in bold.
Documentation is not very consistent in how function parameter are
formatted: many pages italicise them, and others display them in bold
text; but I think it makes sense to at least be consistent with
formatting within the same page.

Closes #11027
2023-04-26 10:19:48 +02:00

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.TH curl_easy_unescape 3 "7 April 2006" "libcurl" "libcurl"
.SH NAME
curl_easy_unescape - URL decodes the given string
.SH SYNOPSIS
.nf
#include <curl/curl.h>
char *curl_easy_unescape(CURL *curl, const char *input,
int inlength, int *outlength);
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
This function converts the given URL encoded \fBinput\fP string to a "plain
string" and returns that in an allocated memory area. All input characters
that are URL encoded (%XX where XX is a two-digit hexadecimal number) are
converted to their binary versions.
If the \fBlength\fP argument is set to 0 (zero), \fIcurl_easy_unescape(3)\fP
will use strlen() on the input \fBurl\fP string to find out the size.
If \fBoutlength\fP is non-NULL, the function will write the length of the
returned string in the integer it points to. This allows proper handling even
for strings containing %00. Since this is a pointer to an \fIint\fP type, it
can only return a value up to \fIINT_MAX\fP so no longer string can be
returned in this parameter.
Since 7.82.0, the \fBcurl\fP parameter is ignored. Prior to that there was
per-handle character conversion support for some very old operating systems
such as TPF, but it was otherwise ignored.
You must \fIcurl_free(3)\fP the returned string when you are done with it.
.SH EXAMPLE
.nf
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
int decodelen;
char *decoded = curl_easy_unescape(curl, "%63%75%72%6c", 12, &decodelen);
if(decoded) {
/* do not assume printf() works on the decoded data! */
printf("Decoded: ");
/* ... */
curl_free(decoded);
}
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
.fi
.SH AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.15.4 and replaces the old \fIcurl_unescape(3)\fP function.
.SH RETURN VALUE
A pointer to a null-terminated string or NULL if it failed.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR curl_easy_escape "(3), " curl_free "(3)," RFC 3986