Force spaces to convert to %20 from HTML input field using JS or jQuery [duplicate]

Question

I have an input field on my site which people can enter search terms.

I am taking the value of the users input and spitting it out onto a url string.

jQuery("#searchButton").click(function(){
    var simpleSearchTermLocal = jQuery('#searchField').val();
    var urlString = "www.mysite.com/" + simpleSearchTermLocal;
    alert(urlString);
});

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="text" id="searchField" />
<button id="searchButton">search</button>

So when someone inputs something like "ABC" into the search field, the value of variable urlString becomes www.mysite.com/ABC which is fine.

But when entering a space in the input field, like "ABC 123", urlString becomes www.mysite.com/ABC 123 which isn't fine. I would like it to turn into www.mysite.com/ABC%20123.

How can I achieve this?

Scott Marcus · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-17 20:52:28Z

4

You want the encodeURI() function.

var theString = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.";

console.log(encodeURI(theString));

edited Oct 17, 2017 at 20:52

answered Oct 17, 2017 at 20:49

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cup_of Over a year ago

Awesome this is the answer, thanks!

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