Jinja variables in url entries

@m_hume wrote:

Hi
Im new to jinja templating and have a question regarding url encoding.

With the movie_name = "Turner & Hooch"
in my config i have something like

url: 'https://myserver.com?mn={{movie_name}}'

which gives me the url https://myserver.com?mn=Turner%20&%20Hooch
The ampersand doesn't get url encoded so mn="Turner "

if i use escape

url: 'https://myserver.com?mn={{movie_name|escape}}'

i get the url https://myserver.com?mn=Turner%20&%20Hooch
The ampersand doesn't get url encoded so mn="Turner "

if i use urlencode i get a double encoding issue

url: 'https://myserver.com?mn={{movie_name|urlencode}}'

gives me the url https://myserver.com?mn=Turner%2520%2526%2520Hooch

Now i've settled with the final method and do a url decode in the web page logic that the url loads.
My question. Is there a better way without a double encode?
My first post here, sorry if off topic/wrong place/anything someone new might do thats not right
Cheers
mh

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