How to open url without urlencode?

[ifvsvg]

I want to open following url in alfred with "Open URL ",

https://www.youxuan68.com/search.asp?keyword=%u5948%u5B66

but alfred ALWAYS urlencode it, and url become

https://www.youxuan68.com/search.asp?keyword=%25u5948%25u5B66

Which is the WRONG url.

 

I also tried "Run Script Action" with

open "https://www.youxuan68.com/search.asp?keyword=%u5948%u5B66"

but I got 

Unable to interpret 'https://www.youxuan68.com/search.asp?keyword=%u5948%u5B66' as a path or URL

 

 

Who can help me, please.

 

It really make me stuck.

Edited November 16, 2021 by ifvsvg
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[deanishe]

1 hour ago, ifvsvg said:

I want to open following url in alfred with "Open URL ",

https://www.youxuan68.com/search.asp?keyword=%u5948%u5B66

 

Alfred is encoding it because that's not a valid URL. You can't get Alfred to open that URL without it encoding the %-signs to make the URL valid, and I don't think macOS will do it either.

 

You need to encode your URLs properly. %uXXXX escaping is not valid.

Edited November 16, 2021 by deanishe

[ifvsvg]

6 hours ago, deanishe said:

 

Alfred is encoding it because that's not a valid URL. You can't get Alfred to open that URL without it encoding the %-signs to make the URL valid, and I don't think macOS will do it either.

 

You need to encode your URLs properly. %uXXXX escaping is not valid.

 

I can open the URL in Chrome, why you judge the url is not valid?

 

Alfred is more AUTHORITATIVE than Chrome?

 

 

https://www.youxuan68.com/search.asp?keyword=%u5948%u5B66

 

The URL is just here, anyone can tell me how to open it by alfred?

 

Or Alfred is used to refuse customer‘s requirement by fictitious reason?

 

 

[deanishe]

21 minutes ago, ifvsvg said:

I can open the URL in Chrome, why you judge the url is not valid?

 

It's not judgement, it's fact. %uXXXX escaping is non-standard. Sure, Chrome may support it, but macOS doesn't.

 

23 minutes ago, ifvsvg said:

Alfred is more AUTHORITATIVE than Chrome?

 

The standards are, and they say your URL is not valid.

 

23 minutes ago, ifvsvg said:

The URL is just here, anyone can tell me how to open it by alfred?

 

I already told you: fix the URL so it's valid.

 

Chrome may accept it if you paste it directly into the browser, but macOS APIs will not accept your URL. Because it's not valid.

[ifvsvg]

1 hour ago, deanishe said:

 

It's not judgement, it's fact. %uXXXX escaping is non-standard. Sure, Chrome may support it, but macOS doesn't.

 

 

The standards are, and they say your URL is not valid.

 

 

I already told you: fix the URL so it's valid.

 

Chrome may accept it if you paste it directly into the browser, but macOS APIs will not accept your URL. Because it's not valid.

 

I am not the developer of that site, I can not change the url.

 

But I pay for alfred.

 

Maybe,

alfred can be compatile to this situation, for his paid user, like chrome?

Edited November 17, 2021 by ifvsvg

[deanishe]

15 minutes ago, ifvsvg said:

alfred can be compatile to this situation, for his paid user, like chrome?

 

If Chrome accepts the URL, then you can pass it directly to Chrome by running:

 

#!/bin/zsh
/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome 'https://www.youxuan68.com/search.asp?keyword=%u5948%u5B66'

 

But I don't think it will ever work with Open URL because Apple's libraries simply won't accept that URL. Try the following in an Xcode Swift Playground:

 

import Foundation

let URLs = [
    // test URL
    "https://www.alfredforum.com",
    // your invalid URL
    "https://www.youxuan68.com/search.asp?keyword=%u5948%u5B66",
    // properly URL-encoded
    "https://www.youxuan68.com/search.asp?keyword=%25u5948%25u5B66",
]

for str in URLs {
    if URL(string: str) != nil {
        print("  valid: \(str)")
    } else {
        print("invalid: \(str)")
    }
}

 

[ifvsvg]

27 minutes ago, deanishe said:

 

If Chrome accepts the URL, then you can pass it directly to Chrome by running:

 

#!/bin/zsh
/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome 'https://www.youxuan68.com/search.asp?keyword=%u5948%u5B66'

 

But I don't think it will ever work with Open URL because Apple's libraries simply won't accept that URL. Try the following in an Xcode Swift Playground:

 

import Foundation

let URLs = [
    // test URL
    "https://www.alfredforum.com",
    // your invalid URL
    "https://www.youxuan68.com/search.asp?keyword=%u5948%u5B66",
    // properly URL-encoded
    "https://www.youxuan68.com/search.asp?keyword=%25u5948%25u5B66",
]

for str in URLs {
    if URL(string: str) != nil {
        print("  valid: \(str)")
    } else {
        print("invalid: \(str)")
    }
}

 

 

/Applications/Google\ Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google\ Chrome 'https://www.youxuan68.com/search.asp?keyword=%u5948%u5B66'

 

Above command works, although it's not a perfect solution.

 

Thanks!