(PowerShell) HTTP GET with utf-8 URL Encoded Query Params

Demonstrates how to build URLs where query param values can be either URL encoded from the utf-8 representation, or from another charset such as windows-1252.

Note: This example uses the new DecodeAndAppend method added in Chilkat v9.5.0.87.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# We have the string "MÆRSK".

# This is the URL encoding of the windows-1252 representation.
$nameWindows1252UrlEncoded = "M%C6RSK"

$sb1 = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder
$success = $sb1.DecodeAndAppend($nameWindows1252UrlEncoded,"url","windows-1252")

$http = New-Object Chilkat.Http

# Here's how to send an HTTP GET where the param is the utf-8 representation that is URL encoded.
# For example:  https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something?name=M%C3%A6RSK

$sbUrl = New-Object Chilkat.StringBuilder

$sbUrl.Append("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something?name=")
$sbUrl.Append($sb1.GetEncoded("url","utf-8"))
$($sbUrl.GetAsString())

$responseBody = $http.QuickGetStr($sbUrl.GetAsString())

# Here's how to send an HTTP GET where the param is the windows-1252 representation that is URL encoded.
# For example:  https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something?name=M%E6RSK

$sbUrl.Clear()
$sbUrl.Append("https://www.chilkatsoft.com/something?name=")
$sbUrl.Append($sb1.GetEncoded("url","windows-1252"))
$($sbUrl.GetAsString())

$responseBody = $http.QuickGetStr($sbUrl.GetAsString())