URL decode in objective-c [closed]

Question

i have a string named url i.e

NSString *url = @"http://sound17.mp3pk.com/indian/barfi/%5BSongs.PK%5D%20
              Barfi%20-%2001%20-%20Barfi!.mp3";

Now I am downloading this song and to save this I need to specify filename.I want the filename in such a way that It should take the file name itself from url.like in this url,It should take %5BSongs.PK%5D%20 Barfi%20-%2001%20-%20Barfi!.mp3 which is the file name in the url but should not be consist of Url formatters.

what I am doing is

Dest_path=[NSHomeDirectory() stringByAppendingString:@"/Documents/a3"];

result =[Dest_path stringByAppendingString:@".mp3"];
helper = [DownloadHelper download:url withTargetPath:result withDelegate:self];

The title of your question is not of much help. Would be a good excercise to coin what you want to know in just one phrase. — Jens Gustedt
– Jens Gustedt, Commented Sep 24, 2012 at 12:09
thanx for your suggestions.please check now ..is it helpful to understand! — SameSung Vs Iphone
– SameSung Vs Iphone, Commented Sep 24, 2012 at 12:16

omz · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-24 12:27:47Z

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Something like this should work:

NSString *URLString = @"http://sound17.mp3pk.com/indian/barfi/%5BSongs.PK%5D%20Barfi%20-%2001%20-%20Barfi!.mp3";
NSURL *URL = [NSURL URLWithString:url];
NSString *filename = [[[URL path] lastPathComponent] stringByReplacingPercentEscapesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
//=> [Songs.PK] Barfi - 01 - Barfi!.mp3

Note that you cannot always get a useful filename from just a URL, if the content is dynamic (e.g. something like http://example.com/getsong?q=foobar).

Edit: A better way to get a file name from an arbitrary URL would be to make a request and inspect the Content-Disposition HTTP header of the response.

edited Sep 24, 2012 at 12:27

answered Sep 24, 2012 at 12:11

omz

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3 Comments

Richard J. Ross III Over a year ago

You should probably note that there are better ways to get a filename, e.g. HTTP headers.

SameSung Vs Iphone Over a year ago

@RichardJ.RossIII can you give me link or some other information.

SameSung Vs Iphone Over a year ago

@omz on that case what should I do ? or do you have any other alternative to give filename.

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