Fetch Softworks

Applescripting an @ sign used in a password (3 posts)

• Started 10 years ago by Brad
• Latest reply 10 years ago from Brad

• Brad Member

  When scripting Fetch I usually build the login and password into the script path. For instance:

  ftp://Administrator:password@192.168.0.1/"

  However, I recently encountered a website where the password INCLUDES an @. How do I code for it?

  Thanks
  Brad

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Jim Matthews Administrator

  Hi,

  The way to include a special character (like a @, :, /, or even a space) in a URL is to %-encode it, i.e. to replace it with %XX, where XX is the character's hexadecimal ASCII value. The hex ASCII value of the @ character is 40, so you'd replace the @ in your password with %40.

  Let me know if that doesn't work.

  Thanks,

  Jim Matthews
  Fetch Softworks

  Posted 10 years ago #

• Brad Member

  Thanks Jim that worked.

  Brad

  Posted 10 years ago #