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decode-uri-component
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A better decodeURIComponent
�.$ npm install --save decode-uri-component
import decodeUriComponent from 'decode-uri-component';
decodeUriComponent('%25');
//=> '%'
decodeUriComponent('%');
//=> '%'
decodeUriComponent('st%C3%A5le');
//=> 'ståle'
decodeUriComponent('%st%C3%A5le%');
//=> '%ståle%'
decodeUriComponent('%%7Bst%C3%A5le%7D%');
//=> '%{ståle}%'
decodeUriComponent('%7B%ab%%7C%de%%7D');
//=> '{%ab%|%de%}'
decodeUriComponent('%FE%FF');
//=> '\uFFFD\uFFFD'
decodeUriComponent('%C2');
//=> '\uFFFD'
decodeUriComponent('%C2%B5');
//=> 'µ'
Type: string
An encoded component of a Uniform Resource Identifier.
MIT © Sam Verschueren
The query-string package is used for parsing and stringifying URL query strings. It offers similar functionality in terms of decoding URI components as part of its parsing process. However, it is more focused on handling the entire query string rather than just individual URI components.
Similar to query-string, the qs package provides methods for parsing and stringifying query strings. It can decode URI components when parsing query strings. qs is known for its depth control and array parsing capabilities, making it more versatile for complex query strings compared to decode-uri-component, which focuses solely on decoding.
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A better decodeURIComponent
The npm package decode-uri-component receives a total of 9,595,432 weekly downloads. As such, decode-uri-component popularity was classified as popular.
We found that decode-uri-component demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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