I am taking a parameter value from the URL which is as follows:
users%2F3
Where it should be users/3
How can I decode the value I am getting using Javascript?
I tried the following before:
var a = "users%2F3";
console.log(decodeURI(a));
But the log shows the same encoded value.
With the imaginatively named decodeURIComponent function. (See also the specification).
decodeURI) doesn't do the same thing as decodeURIComponent.CODE for decode URL
html code
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<p>Click the button to decode a URI after encoding it.</p>
<button onclick="myFunction()">Try it</button>
<p id="demo"></p>
<script>
function myFunction() {
var uri = "users%2F3";
var uri_dec = decodeURIComponent(uri);
var res = "Decoded URI: " + uri_dec;
document.getElementById("demo").innerHTML = res;
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
If you want you can create your own function like
function urldecode(str) {
return decodeURIComponent((str+'').replace(/\+/g, '%20'));
};
this will also replace the '+' from the decodeURI component into spaces
you can use
decodeURIComponent(a)
