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Web

Web routines.

Functions

launchURL

launchURL(url)

Launches a URL using the default web browser. It's mandatory to specify a protocol. The following protocols are currently supported: http://, https://, mailto:

Arguments

  • url: string. The URL to be launched.

Example 

using SurgeEngine.Web;

object "Application"
{
    // Remember to change the state
    // after calling launchURL
    state "main"
    {
        Web.launchURL("http://opensurge2d.org");
        state = "done";
    }

    state "done"
    {
    }
}

encodeURIComponent

encodeURIComponent(str)

Encodes a component of a Universal Resource Identifier (URI). It escapes all characters of the input string, except:

A–Z a–z 0–9 - _ . ! ~ * ' ( )

Arguments

  • str: string. The string to be escaped.

Returns

Returns the input string escaped as above.

Example

using SurgeEngine.Web;

// ...

user = "Jane Doe";
url = "https://my.website.name/?user=" + Web.encodeURIComponent(user);
Console.print(url);

// output:
// https://my.website.name/?user=Jane%20Doe

Available since: Open Surge 0.6.1