Adding a web link whose url contains urlencoded colons %3A do not work correctly

Question

I am trying to paste a web link to a figma web page, and the link contains a query string with a variable called node_id. Node_id values are of the form xxx:yyy, but if the colon is already urlencoded, e.g. xxx%3Ayyy, clicking on the link does not work. e.g. figma does receive the correct query string and this results in figma displaying a page, but not a particular frame.

We can manually edit the urls, but I am hoping that there is a work around for this.

Cary Lewis_p2x1le · Answer

Sorry, that's not a very helpful answer - I would think the whole point of being able to add a weblink to a jira story is so you can quickly copy a link in an open browser tab and paste it into jira. Jira should be smart enough to not munge the link if it's already url encoded. E.g. pasting a link into a new tab works fine. I think jira is double encoding the % signs.

Maybe there is a chrome extension somewhere that would urldecode an url when being pasted into jira?

Pramodh M · Answer

Hi @Cary Lewis

If it's associated with parameters in your webpage, then you should pass the exact parameters.

The URL encoding is just for the URL. It's not for data parameters!!

Find a way to add the exact values ( in this case ":" )

Thanks