Dealing with the problem of using the + character in URLs is a common issue. This character is typically used to separate words within a URL, so if you want to include it as part of your parameter values, you need to encode those values before adding them to the URL. Fortunately, Javascript and TypeScript offer the encodeURI() function for this exact purpose.
URL encoding involves converting characters into a format that can be safely transmitted over the internet. For more information, check out the [w3Schools Reference].
Here's how you can resolve this issue:
let phoneNumber = encodeURI("+911234567890");
let equation = encodeURI("1 + 2 = 3");
this.updateUser({"name":"ABC","mobile": phoneNumber,"text":equation});
public updateUser(data) {
const body = new HttpParams().set('user_data', JSON.stringify(data));
return this.http.post(url, body, {
headers: new HttpHeaders().set('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8')
});
}
Alternatively,
You can perform the encoding within the updateUser() method:
this.updateUser({"name":"ABC","mobile": "+911234567890","text":"1 + 2 = 3"});
public updateUser(data) {
let encodedData = encodeURI(JSON.stringify(data));
const body = new HttpParams().set('user_data', encodedData);
return this.http.post(url, body, {
headers: new HttpHeaders().set('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded;charset=utf-8')
});
}
OR
If you prefer, you can use a regular expression to replace the + symbol before sending the data to the server:
let jsonData = JSON.stringify(data);
jsonData = jsonData.replace(/\+/gi, '%2B');