How to URL encode (percent encode) a string in Vala (GLib):

Uri.escape_string ("Hello, world!");

// Hello%2C%20world%21

To decode:

Uri.unescape_string ("Hello%2C%20world%21");

// Hello, World!

(Documenting it as it was not easy to find with a cursory web search.)

#vala #urlencode #urldecode #url #uri #escape #unescape #encode #decode #glib