HTTP Server can not serve files with % character in their names

Asked Apr 12 '21 at 14:53

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I created a file by

touch s%22.txt

Started a HTTP Server by

python -m http.server

And requested the file by

curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/s%22.txt

An HTTP Server error was showed:

"GET /s%22.txt" Error (404): "Not found"

I switched from http.server of python to http-server of nodejs , and got the same error.

If I replaced the file name with one without a % character, it worked fine.

How can I access a file with a % character in its name by HTTP request?

asked Apr 12 '21 at 14:53

benjaminchanming

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try `curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/s%2522.txt` https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17342671/pass-a-percent-sign-in-a-url-and-get-exact-value-of-it-using-php – Drdilyor Apr 12 '21 at 14:55
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Did you try `curl http://127.0.0.1:8000/s%2522.txt` That is, using `%25` to escape `%` – selbie Apr 12 '21 at 14:55
Oh, it works, thanks! – benjaminchanming Apr 12 '21 at 15:07
% is used for encoding URLs, so that's why you need to escape it like that. https://www.w3schools.com/tags/ref_urlencode.ASP – Jim Foye Apr 13 '21 at 02:11

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