How to send NSURL request containig @ in the username

Question

How can i send a url request containing a @ character in the username ?
Currently my url request code looks as follows :

NSURLRequest *request = [NSURLRequest requestWithURL:[NSURL URLWithString:@"http://user@exam.com:pwd@example.com"]];

The above code is fetching data from site exam.com instead of example.com

How can i fetch data from example.com with user@exam.com as username name and pwd as password ?

I tried escape sequences like \ for escaping the @ character but still its not working.

Have you tried to url encode the first @ to %40? – dom Jan 27 '12 at 13:51 — dom, Jan 27 '12 at 13:51

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jan 27 '12 at 13:56

always encode your parameter before making a NSURL from them

 NSString * encodedUsername = (NSString *)CFURLCreateStringByAddingPercentEscapes(
    NULL,
    (CFStringRef)unencodedUsername,
    NULL,
    (CFStringRef)@"!*'();:@&=+$,/?%#[]",
    kCFStringEncodingUTF8 );

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '12 at 14:09

0

You can encode a string before using it to generate a url like below :

NSString * encodedString = [q stringByAddingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSASCIIStringEncoding];

NSURL *requestURL = [NSURL URLWithString:encodedString];

answered Jan 27 '12 at 14:09

Ugur Kumru

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How to send NSURL request containig @ in the username

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