Articles tagged "URL"
Posts on Orankit tagged "URL". 2 articles.
Why Base64 grows by 4/3, and how URL-safe Base64 differs
How Base64 works, the 3-byte to 4-character mapping, why output is roughly 33% larger, and the URL-safe variant that swaps `+/` for `-_`.
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Two flavors of URL encoding: form-urlencoded vs RFC 3986
There are actually two URL encoding specs in play — form submission and the URI spec. They differ on spaces and reserved characters, and using the wrong one breaks subtly.
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