How do I HTML-/ URL-Encode a std::wstring containing Unicode characters?

Question

I have another question yet. If I had a std::wstring looking like this:

ドイツ語で検索していてこちらのサイトにたどり着きました。

How could I possibly get it to be URL-Encoded (%nn, n = 0-9, a-f) to:

%E3%83%89%E3%82%A4%E3%83%84%E8%AA%9E%E3%81%A7%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2%E3%81%97%E3%81%A6%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6%E3%81%93%E3%81%A1%E3%82%89%E3%81%AE%E3%82%B5%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88%E3%81%AB%E3%81%9F%E3%81%A9%E3%82%8A%E7%9D%80%E3%81%8D%E3%81%BE%E3%81%97%E3%81%9F%E3%80%82

... and also HTML-Encoded (&#nnn(nn);, n = 0-9(?)) to:

ドイツ語で検索していてこちらのサイトにたどり着きました。

Please help me as I am totally lost right now and don't even know where to start. By the way, performance isn't much important to me right now.

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Here is an example which shows two methods, one based on the Qt library and one based on the ICU library. Both should be fairly platform-independent:

#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <iomanip>
#include <stdexcept>

#include <boost/scoped_array.hpp>

#include <QtCore/QString>
#include <QtCore/QUrl>
#include <QtCore/QVector>

#include <unicode/utypes.h>
#include <unicode/ustring.h>
#include <unicode/unistr.h>
#include <unicode/schriter.h>

void encodeQt() {
  const QString str = QString::fromWCharArray(L"ドイツ語で検索していてこちらのサイトにたどり着きました。");
  const QUrl url = str;
  std::cout << "URL encoded: " << url.toEncoded().constData() << std::endl;
  typedef QVector<uint> CodePointVector;
  const CodePointVector codePoints = str.toUcs4();
  std::stringstream htmlEncoded;
  for (CodePointVector::const_iterator it = codePoints.constBegin(); it != codePoints.constEnd(); ++it) {
    htmlEncoded << "&#" << *it << ';';
  }
  std::cout << "HTML encoded: " << htmlEncoded.str() << std::endl;
}

void encodeICU() {
  const std::wstring cppString = L"ドイツ語で検索していてこちらのサイトにたどり着きました。";
  int bufSize = cppString.length() * 2;
  boost::scoped_array<UChar> strBuffer(new UChar[bufSize]);
  int size = 0;
  UErrorCode error = U_ZERO_ERROR;
  u_strFromWCS(strBuffer.get(), bufSize, &size, cppString.data(), cppString.length(), &error);
  if (error) return;
  const UnicodeString str(strBuffer.get(), size);
  bufSize = str.length() * 4;
  boost::scoped_array<char> buffer(new char[bufSize]);
  u_strToUTF8(buffer.get(), bufSize, &size, str.getBuffer(), str.length(), &error);
  if (error) return;
  const std::string urlUtf8(buffer.get(), size);
  std::stringstream urlEncoded;
  urlEncoded << std::hex << std::setfill('0');
  for (std::string::const_iterator it = urlUtf8.begin(); it != urlUtf8.end(); ++it) {
    urlEncoded << '%' << std::setw(2) << static_cast<unsigned int>(static_cast<unsigned char>(*it));
  }
  std::cout << "URL encoded: " << urlEncoded.str() << std::endl;
  std::stringstream htmlEncoded;
  StringCharacterIterator it = str;
  while (it.hasNext()) {
    const UChar32 pt = it.next32PostInc();
    htmlEncoded << "&#" << pt << ';';
  }
  std::cout << "HTML encoded: " << htmlEncoded.str() << std::endl;
}


int main() {
  encodeQt();
  encodeICU();
}