Malformed URL powershell spaces in filename

Question

I am using the following script to create URLs.

$files1 =Get-ChildItem $ENV:WORKSPACE/Pro_result
$prefix="https://test-jenkins-a-master-black.aws.jhgf.com/job/qa/job/TestDemo_email_PDF/ws/Pro_result/"
foreach ($file in $files1) {
  write-Output ($prefix+$file.Name)
 }

However, I am getting a url like this and I have no control over the filename https://test-jenkins-a-master-black.aws.jhgf.com/job/qa/job/TestDemo_email_PDF/ws/Pro_result/W0A-209-193-210_Dealer portal production smoke test_20220427-120342.pdf

It breaks after portal. How do I fix this?

Mathias R. Jessen · Accepted Answer · 2022-05-03 15:56:58Z

2

Use the [uri]::EscapeUriString method to escape spaces and similar characters in URI paths:

foreach ($file in $files1) {
  [uri]::EscapeUriString($prefix+$file.Name)
}

This will correctly re-encode the spaces as %20, resulting in a valid URL with no whitespace a la:

https://test-jenkins-a-master-black.aws.jhgf.com/job/qa/job/TestDemo_email_PDF/ws/Pro_result/W0A-209-193-210_Dealer%20portal%20production%20smoke%20test_20220427-120342.pdf

answered May 3, 2022 at 15:56

Mathias R. Jessen

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