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URL Template

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A URL Template is a way to specify a URL that includes parameters that must be substituted before the URL is resolved. The syntax is usually to enclose the parameter in Braces ({example}). The convention is for a parameter to not be Percent encoded unless it follows a Question Mark (?).

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Examples

  • http://example.com/people/{firstName}-{lastName}/SSN
  • http://example.com/query?firstName={firstName}&lastName={lastName}

    • If we were building these urls for Björk with firstName=Björk and lastName=Guðmundsdóttir they would be:

  • http://example.com/people/Björk-Guðmundsdóttir/SSN
  • http://example.com/query?firstName=Bj%c3%b6rk&lastName=Gu%c3%b0mundsd%c3%b3ttir

    • Code

    Java supports URI Template. Refer external links at the bottom

    In Python 2.x, if you have the variable name that you want to put into the string url, you can simply do this:

    Note: this will go into an infinite loop if name == "{name}" or other such corner cases.

    References

    URL Template Wikipedia
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