====== [HOWTO] URL characters decoding ======

====== Description ======

This is a little script for decoding url's and translate to human-readable chars.


====== Instructions ======


===== url_enconded_characters.txt =====
This file contains the list of url ''%XX'' characters translated to human

<file>
! %21
" %22
# %23
$ %24
% %25
& %26
' %27
( %28
) %29
\* %2A
+ %2B
\, %2C
- %2D
. %2E
\/ %2F
0 %30
1 %31
2 %32
3 %33
4 %34
5 %35
6 %36
7 %37
8 %38
9 %39
: %3A
; %3B
< %3C
= %3D
> %3E
? %3F
@ %40
A %41
B %42
C %43
D %44
E %45
F %46
G %47
H %48
I %49
J %4A
K %4B
L %4C
M %4D
N %4E
O %4F
P %50
Q %51
R %52
S %53
T %54
U %55
V %56
W %57
X %58
Y %59
Z %5A
[ %5B
\\\\ %5C
] %5D
^ %5E
_ %5F
` %60
a %61
b %62
c %63
d %64
e %65
f %66
g %67
h %68
i %69
j %6A
k %6B
l %6C
m %6D
n %6E
o %6F
p %70
q %71
r %72
s %73
t %74
u %75
v %76
w %77
x %78
y %79
z %7A
{ %7B
| %7C
} %7D
~ %7E
¢ %A2
£ %A3
¥ %A5
| %A6
§ %A7
« %AB
¬ %AC
¯ %AD
º %B0
± %B1
ª %B2
\, %B4
µ %B5
» %BB
¼ %BC
½ %BD
¿ %BF
À %C0
Á %C1
 %C2
à %C3
Ä %C4
Å %C5
Æ %C6
Ç %C7
È %C8
É %C9
Ê %CA
Ë %CB
Ì %CC
Í %CD
Î %CE
Ï %CF
Ð %D0
Ñ %D1
Ò %D2
Ó %D3
Ô %D4
Õ %D5
Ö %D6
Ø %D8
Ù %D9
Ú %DA
Û %DB
Ü %DC
Ý %DD
Þ %DE
ß %DF
à %E0
á %E1
â %E2
ã %E3
ä %E4
å %E5
æ %E6
ç %E7
è %E8
é %E9
ê %EA
ë %EB
ì %EC
í %ED
î %EE
ï %EF
ð %F0
ñ %F1
ò %F2
ó %F3
ô %F4
õ %F5
ö %F6
÷ %F7
ø %F8
ù %F9
ú %FA
û %FB
ü %FC
ý %FD
þ %FE
ÿ %FF
</file>


===== convert_url.sh =====

<code bash>
#!/bin/bash


CHARLISTFILE="url_enconded_characters.txt"

THESTRING="$@"



fill_data()
{
    local let x=0
    while read LINE ; do
        REALCHAR[${x}]="$(echo "${LINE}" | awk '{print $1}')"
        URLCHAR[${x}]="$(echo "${LINE}" | awk '{print $2}')"
        let x++
    done < <(cat ${CHARLISTFILE})
}

fill_data

#echo ${REALCHAR[@]}
#echo "${REALCHAR[9]} -> ${URLCHAR[9]}"


for ((x=0; x<${#REALCHAR[@]}; x++)) ; do
    if [[ "${REALCHAR[${x}]}" = "," ]] ; then
        THESTRING="$(echo ${THESTRING} | sed "s/${URLCHAR[${x}]}/${REALCHAR[${x}]}/g")"
    else
        THESTRING="$(echo ${THESTRING} | sed "s,${URLCHAR[${x}]},${REALCHAR[${x}]},g")"
    fi
done

echo
echo "################################################################################"
echo
echo "${THESTRING}"
echo
echo "################################################################################"
echo
</code>




===== Running =====

<code bash>
bash convert_url.sh "redirect_url=%2Findex.php%2Fapps%2Ffiles%2F&user=dodger&password=perotuquetecrees&timezone_offset=1&timezone=Europe%2FBerlin"

################################################################################

redirect_url=/index.php/apps/files/&user=dodger&password=perotuquetecrees&timezone_offset=1&timezone=Europe/Berlin

################################################################################

</code>