External trigger URL handler can't decode `+` signs

[saor47]

When calling an external trigger with a URL handler `alfred://runtrigger/workflow_id/trigger_id/?argument=test%2B` and passing an argument with a `+` sign, it will always be converted to a blank space, even if escaped to `%2B`.

 

Alfred 5.5

macOS Sonoma 14.4.1

Edited May 4 by saor47

[zeitlings]

Ah, I also ran into that problem a while ago. I dealt with it by base64 encoding the argument before calling the trigger and decoding it on the receiving end.

Here is a quick demo: https://transfer.archivete.am/yjrd8/Demo Base64 External Trigger.alfredworkflow

 

The shell commands:

 

echo -n "$1" | base64 
echo -n "$1" | base64 --decode

 

And I'm just noticing that there actually are Automation Tasks for that already, namely:

- Binary Encode Text > Base64

- Binary Decode Text > Base64

Edited May 5 by zeitlings