NSURL - encode '&' with spaces

Question

Currently i am using the following way to encode the url

urlAndMethod.stringByAddingPercentEncodingWithAllowedCharacters(NSCharacterSet.URLQueryAllowedCharacterSet())!

After encoding

http://103.50.154.52:8383/api/master/insta-list?category=Postpaid%20Mobile%20CDMA%20&%20Landline

How do i handle the special characters including '&'

Possible duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/705448/iphone-sdk-issue-with-ampersand-in-the-url-string — Kapil G, Jul 24 '17 at 05:43

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 24 '17 at 05:49

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You can use .urlHostAllowed characterset.

let escapedString = someString.addingPercentEncoding(withAllowedCharacters: .urlHostAllowed)

answered Jul 24 '17 at 05:49

MjZac

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