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How to Encode String for Transmission to Server in JavaScript

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Sometimes, you will see unexpected results in server when parsing POST or GET strings from JavaScript like the following snippet, it could be sourced from URL encoding problem.

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params = "hashed_no=" + no + "&name=" + name;
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request.send(params);
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escape()

You can resolve the problem by adding an escape function to encode the data string:

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params = "hashed_no=" + escape(no) + "&name=" + escape(name);
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request.send(params);
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