Why encode?
If you are sending messages to the It's Arrived server
using the "HTTP to SMS" API then the following
special characters need to be treated specially in your
HTTP POST:
These special characters must be encoded
in HTTP POST submissions
| Character |
Description |
Encode as |
| CR |
Carriage Return |
%0D |
| LF |
Line Feed |
%0A |
| SP |
Space |
%20
|
| " |
quotation mark |
%22 |
| # |
hash |
%23 |
| % |
percent |
%25 |
| & |
ampersand |
%26 |
| , |
comma |
%2C |
| . |
period |
%2E |
| / |
forward slash |
%2F |
| : |
colon |
%3A |
| ; |
semi-colon |
%3B |
| < |
less than |
%3C |
| = |
equal |
%3D |
| > |
greater than |
%3E |
| ? |
question mark |
%3F
|
| ¡ |
inverted exclamation mark |
%A1 |
| £ |
Pound |
%A3 |
| # |
currency sign |
%A4 |
| ¥ |
Yen |
%A5 |
| § |
paragraph sign |
%A7 |
|
| Character |
Description |
Encode as |
| Ä |
capital A with diaeresis |
%C4 |
| Å |
capital A with ring |
%C5 |
| à |
small a grave |
%E0 |
| ä |
small a with diaeresis |
%E4 |
| å |
small a with ring |
%E5 |
| Æ |
capital diphthong AE |
%C6 |
| Ç |
capital C cedilla |
%C7 |
| É |
capital E acute |
%C9 |
| è |
small e grave |
%E8 |
| é |
small e acute |
%E9 |
| ì |
small i grave |
%EC |
| Ñ |
capital N with tilde |
%D1 |
| ñ |
small n with tilde |
%F1 |
| ò |
small o grave |
%F2 |
| ö |
small o with diaeresis |
%F6 |
| Ø |
capital O with storke |
%D8 |
| Ö |
capital O with diaeresis |
%D6 |
| Ü |
capital U with diaeresis |
%DC |
| ù |
small u grave |
%F9 |
| ü |
small u with diaeresis |
%FC
|
| ß |
small s sharp |
%DF |
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The characters shown below cannot be sent to mobile/cell
phones unless those phones support Unicode. Most European
and American phones don't support Unicode.
| Character |
Description |
| [ |
left square bracket |
| \ |
back slash |
| ] |
right square bracket |
| ^ |
caret |
| ` |
grave accent |
| { |
left curly brace |
| | |
pipe or vertical bar |
| } |
right curly brace |
| ~ |
tilde |
| DEL |
Delete |
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