This is an upcoming feature. URL Decode is planned for general availability in version 10.1.Automation Workshop includes the URL Decode Action that converts percent-encoded URLs and URL components back into readable text. Encoded byte sequences such as %20, %2F, and %C3%A4 are restored to their original characters for use in subsequent workflow steps.
Input can be entered directly or supplied dynamically through Variable Wizard. Choose whether plus signs are interpreted as spaces or preserved as literal characters, then select the output character set and optionally store the decoded result for later use.
Features & highlights
- Decode percent-encoded values back to their original characters.
- Choose whether
+is converted to a space or kept as a literal plus sign. - Decode text using UTF-8, ASCII, or ISO-8859-1 character sets.
- Decode complete URLs or individual parts such as query values, path segments, filenames, and identifiers.
- Use dynamic values from variables, files, Triggers, previous Actions, web responses, and other Variable Wizard sources.
- Use the decoded result through Variable Wizard or store it in an existing variable for later workflow steps.
Usage examples
- Decode query parameters received from websites, APIs, forms, or external applications.
- Restore encoded filenames, path segments, identifiers, and search terms.
- Convert form-style
+characters back into spaces when processing submitted form data. - Preserve literal plus signs in conventional percent-encoded URLs and components.
- Decode multilingual text and special characters before validation, comparison, storage, or display.
- Process dynamically received URL-encoded values and pass the result to file, email, web, scripting, or conditional Actions.
Documentation
- Encoding · Provide the URL-encoded source data and choose whether plus signs become spaces or remain literal.
- Options · Select the output character set and optionally store the decoded result.
Interconnect
- URL Decode integration—with Variables (manipulate data dynamically within a workflow) and Events (recorded entries that detail system activity).
- Streamline your automation processes by visually connecting your workflow using Variable Wizard—a powerful tool to access all 1,000+ variables—system, network, Triggers, Actions, globals, web, and much more…
Quick access
To streamline your workflow creation, you can locate the URL Decode Action throughout Automation Workshop's search tools—including the knowledge base, menu, and Add Action feature—using the quick ยซUDยป shortcut.
More encoding…
Along with the URL Decode Action, Automation Workshop includes a set of related tools within the Encoding family designed to help process and transform data across different workflows.
- URL Encode · Overview · Variables
- Base64 Decode · Overview · Variables
- HTML Decode · Overview · Variables
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