How to generate url encoded anchor links with AngularJS?

Solution 1:

You can use the native encodeURIComponent in javascript. Also, you can make it into a string filter to utilize it.

Here is the example of making escape filter.

js:

var app = angular.module('app', []);
app.filter('escape', function() {
  return window.encodeURIComponent;
});

html:

<a ng-href="#/search?query={{address | escape}}">

(updated: adapting to Karlies' answer which uses ng-href instead of plain href)

Solution 2:

@Tosh's solution will return #/search?query=undefined if address is undefined in

<a ng-href="#/search?query={{address | escape}}">

If you prefer to get an empty string instead for your query you have to extend the solution to

var app = angular.module('app', []);
app.filter('escape', function() {
    return function(input) {
        if(input) {
            return window.encodeURIComponent(input); 
        }
        return "";
    }
});

This will return #/search?query= if address is undefined.

Solution 3:

You could use the encodeUri filter: https://github.com/rubenv/angular-encode-uri

1. Add angular-encode-uri to your project:

   bower install --save angular-encode-uri

2. Add it to your HTML file:

   <script src="bower_components/angular-encode-uri/dist/angular-encode-uri.min.js"></script>

3. Reference it as a dependency for your app module:

   angular.module('myApp', ['rt.encodeuri']);

4. Use it in your views:

   <a href="#/search?query={{address|encodeUri}}">

Solution 4:

Tosh's answer has the filter idea exactly right. I recommend do it just like that. However, if you do this, you should use "ng-href" rather than "href", since following the "href" before the binding resolves can result in a bad link.

filter:

'use strict';

angular.module('myapp.filters.urlEncode', [])

/*
 * Filter for encoding strings for use in URL query strings
 */
.filter('urlEncode', [function() {
  return window.encodeURIComponent;
}]);

view:

<a ng-href="#/search?query={{ address | urlEncode }}" ng-repeat="address in addresses">
  {{address}}
</a>