Encode/Decode URl In C++

Question

How can i encode a URL in client side and Decode the same in Server side.Is there any Built in apis are available for this purpose.Please anyone suggest a solution.Also i want to know how can i do percentage encoding in C++?

Answer 1

I've found this implementation from dlib quite useful. You don't even need to grab the whole library, just these 4 functions (unhex, hex, encode, decode). And it has a boost license.