Generate encoded URL with ASCII characters

Hello @stefanchristopher

You are using the generateURL operation in the wrong way, the correct would be:

generateURL("https://weareclearhead.com/contractor-agreement/", {pcode:fieldname5, rate:fieldname6, job:fieldname8+fieldname7})

Best regards.

Thanks for replying. When I use that code it gives me nothing in the Generated custom URL box.

Hello @stefanchristopher

I’ve tested your form again, and you are not using the recommended code.

Best regards.

I do apologise, I definitely, definitely tried it and it didn’t work and now I’ve tried it again and it works precisely how I need it to.

Any chance of helping me out with the copy to clipboard button?

Hello @stefanchristopher

I’m sorry, I but don’t understand the reason why you need to store it in the clipboard.

Best regards.

It’s ok I’ve figured that part out now from an answer you gave to a question on another question.

The reason is because people using this form will copy and paste the generated URLs to contractors who want to work with us. The URL automatically populates another form elsewhere on the website that the contractor needs to fill in and sign before they can work with us.

The code you provided before works well but the spaces are now replaced with “+” and when the contractor opens the generated URL the fields are automatically populated with the right info but with +’s instead of spaces. Is there any way to get the generateURL function to substitute spaces with %20 instead of + ?

Hello @stefanchristopher

The “+” symbol is the correct one in the query strings.

I don’t know why you need to copy and paste the URL instead of redirect the user from the form. Please, follow the instructions below:

1. Untick the “Eval dynamically the equations associated to the calculated fields” in the “Form Settings” tab.

2. Edit the equation as follows:

redirectToURL("https://weareclearhead.com/contractor-agreement/", {pcode:fieldname5, rate:fieldname6, job:fieldname8+fieldname7})

3. Finally, select the “Calculate” option for the “type” attribute in the button’s settings

Best regards.

I did mention before the reason why I needed a copy to clipboard button. This form will be used by staff to generate URLs to paste into emails to contractors who want to work with us. I didn’t need our staff to be redirected to the generated URL at all.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 10 months ago by stefanchristopher.

So basically using your original suggestion I can generate the URLs to look like this. All spaces have been replaced with + and all other special characters are replaced with the correct ASCII codes.

See image: here

So then one of our staff members would paste this URL into an email to a contractor that wants to work with us.

When the contractor clicks the link in their email, they will be taken to the contractor agreement form but it looks like this. But what I really need is for the +’s to be actual spaces.

See image: here

Hello @stefanchristopher

In this case, you can reimplement the equation as follows:

generateURL("https://weareclearhead.com/contractor-agreement/", {pcode:fieldname5, rate:fieldname6, job:fieldname8+fieldname7}).replace(/\+/g, '%20');

Best regards.

Thanks @codepeople

That’s exactly what I needed!