v.0.6.1 URLEncoder.encode_utf8

app/utils/url_encode.py

@@ -12,8 +12,29 @@ class URLEncoder:
             else:
                 # result.append('%' + format(ord(char), '02X'))
                 # Converted to % formatting:
-                result.append("%%%02X" % ord(char))
+                special_char = "%%%02X" % ord(char) 
                 
+                print( f"{char} --> {special_char}")
+                
+                result.append(special_char)
+                
+        return ''.join(result)    
+    
+    @staticmethod
+    def encode_utf8(string):
+        """URL encode a string with proper UTF-8 handling"""
+        result = []
+        safe_chars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_.~"
+        
+        for char in string:
+            if char in safe_chars:
+                result.append(char)
+            else:
+                # UTF-8 encoding for proper URL encoding
+                utf8_bytes = char.encode('utf-8')
+                for byte in utf8_bytes:
+                    result.append(f"%{byte:02X}")
+    
         return ''.join(result)    
     
     @staticmethod