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Using commas and slahes in text overlay

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Hello,

I'm, using the node.js sdk to transform image and create text overlays. I have user generated content in form of text, which I have to put on an image as an overlay.

Those texts could contain special characters like commas and slashes. I tried everything but no matter what I do they end up on the final image with %2F or %2C.

I tried everything:

- I justed pased the text in plain to the url method of the sdk (like stated in the docs)
- I tried to quote the text before passing it to the method
- I tried to double quote the text before passing it to the method

Any idea what could be the problem?

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    Thomas Gurung

    Hi there,

    Thank you for reaching out.

    To use special characters like commas and slashes, you need to double-escape them. Click here to see how documentation is on it. 

    Here is an example as well:

    https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/w_500/l_text:Arial_40:Cool%252Ctext%252Fyes/flowers.jpg

    Please let me know if you have any other questions or queries.

    Kind Regards,
    Thomas

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    WEBPUNKS

    Hi Thomas,

    we found the issue. We encoded the url again before downloading the actual image. That messed up the url.

    Thank you for your fast response. 

    Best Christofer

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    Victor Li

    Hi Christofer,

    Glad to hear Thomas was able to help you with this! Please feel free to let us know if you have any further needs and we'd be happy to assist.

    Regards,
    Victor

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