Add uriComponent() and uriComponentToString() functions

Cargo.toml

@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ utfx = { version = "0.1" }
 # dsc-lib
 uuid = { version = "1.18", features = ["v4"] }
 # dsc-lib
+urlencoding = { version = "2.1" }
+# dsc-lib
 which = { version = "8.0" }
 
 # build-only dependencies

docs/reference/schemas/config/functions/uriComponent.md

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+---
+description: Reference for the 'uriComponent' DSC configuration document function
+ms.date:     01/10/2025
+ms.topic:    reference
+title:       uriComponent
+---
+
+# uriComponent
+
+## Synopsis
+
+Encodes a string for use as a URI component using percent-encoding.
+
+## Syntax
+
+```Syntax
+uriComponent(<stringToEncode>)
+```
+
+## Description
+
+The `uriComponent()` function encodes a string using percent-encoding (also known as URL encoding)
+to make it safe for use as a component of a URI. The function encodes all characters except the
+unreserved characters defined in RFC 3986:
+
+- **Unreserved characters** (not encoded): `A-Z`, `a-z`, `0-9`, `-`, `_`, `.`, `~`
+- **All other characters** are percent-encoded as `%XX` where `XX` is the hexadecimal value
+
+Use this function when you need to include user-provided data, special characters, or spaces in
+URLs, query strings, or other URI components. This ensures that the resulting URI is valid and that
+special characters don't break the URI structure.
+
+## Examples
+
+### Example 1 - Encode query parameter value
+
+The following example shows how to encode a string containing spaces for use in a URL query
+parameter.
+
+```yaml
+# uricomponent.example.1.dsc.config.yaml
+$schema: https://aka.ms/dsc/schemas/v3/bundled/config/document.json
+parameters:
+  searchTerm:
+    type: string
+    defaultValue: hello world
+resources:
+- name: Build search URL
+  type: Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo
+  properties:
+    output:
+      original: "[parameters('searchTerm')]"
+      encoded: "[uriComponent(parameters('searchTerm'))]"
+      fullUrl: "[concat('https://example.com/search?q=', uriComponent(parameters('searchTerm')))]"
+```
+
+```bash
+dsc config get --file uricomponent.example.1.dsc.config.yaml
+```
+
+```yaml
+results:
+- name: Build search URL
+  type: Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo
+  result:
+    actualState:
+      output:
+        original: hello world
+        encoded: hello%20world
+        fullUrl: https://example.com/search?q=hello%20world
+messages: []
+hadErrors: false
+```
+
+### Example 2 - Encode email address
+
+The following example demonstrates encoding an email address that contains special characters.
+
+```yaml
+# uricomponent.example.2.dsc.config.yaml
+$schema: https://aka.ms/dsc/schemas/v3/bundled/config/document.json
+parameters:
+  email:
+    type: string
+    defaultValue: user+tag@example.com
+resources:
+- name: Encode email for URL
+  type: Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo
+  properties:
+    output:
+      encoded: "[uriComponent(parameters('email'))]"
+      mailtoLink: "[concat('mailto:', uriComponent(parameters('email')))]"
+```
+
+```bash
+dsc config get --file uricomponent.example.2.dsc.config.yaml
+```
+
+```yaml
+results:
+- name: Encode email for URL
+  type: Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo
+  result:
+    actualState:
+      output:
+        encoded: user%2Btag%40example.com
+        mailtoLink: mailto:user%2Btag%40example.com
+messages: []
+hadErrors: false
+```
+
+### Example 3 - Encode complete URL
+
+The following example shows how `uriComponent()` encodes an entire URL, including the protocol,
+slashes, and special characters.
+
+```yaml
+# uricomponent.example.3.dsc.config.yaml
+$schema: https://aka.ms/dsc/schemas/v3/bundled/config/document.json
+resources:
+- name: Encode complete URL
+  type: Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo
+  properties:
+    output:
+      originalUrl: https://example.com/path?query=value
+      encodedUrl: "[uriComponent('https://example.com/path?query=value')]"
+```
+
+```bash
+dsc config get --file uricomponent.example.3.dsc.config.yaml
+```
+
+```yaml
+results:
+- name: Encode complete URL
+  type: Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo
+  result:
+    actualState:
+      output:
+        originalUrl: https://example.com/path?query=value
+        encodedUrl: https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fpath%3Fquery%3Dvalue
+messages: []
+hadErrors: false
+```
+
+### Example 4 - Build API request with encoded parameters
+
+The following example demonstrates using `uriComponent()` with [`concat()`][01] and [`uri()`][02]
+to build an API URL with safely encoded query parameters.
+
+```yaml
+# uricomponent.example.4.dsc.config.yaml
+$schema: https://aka.ms/dsc/schemas/v3/bundled/config/document.json
+parameters:
+  apiBase:
+    type: string
+    defaultValue: https://api.example.com
+  resourcePath:
+    type: string
+    defaultValue: /users/search
+  nameFilter:
+    type: string
+    defaultValue: John Doe
+  ageFilter:
+    type: string
+    defaultValue: '30'
+resources:
+- name: Build API URL with query string
+  type: Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo
+  properties:
+    output:
+      apiUrl: >-
+        [concat(
+          uri(parameters('apiBase'), parameters('resourcePath')),
+          '?name=',
+          uriComponent(parameters('nameFilter')),
+          '&age=',
+          parameters('ageFilter')
+        )]
+```
+
+```bash
+dsc config get --file uricomponent.example.4.dsc.config.yaml
+```
+
+```yaml
+results:
+- name: Build API URL with query string
+  type: Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo
+  result:
+    actualState:
+      output:
+        apiUrl: https://api.example.com/users/search?name=John%20Doe&age=30
+messages: []
+hadErrors: false
+```
+
+### Example 5 - Unreserved characters remain unchanged
+
+The following example shows that unreserved characters (letters, numbers, hyphen, underscore,
+period, and tilde) are not encoded.
+
+```yaml
+# uricomponent.example.5.dsc.config.yaml
+$schema: https://aka.ms/dsc/schemas/v3/bundled/config/document.json
+resources:
+- name: Unreserved character handling
+  type: Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo
+  properties:
+    output:
+      original: ABCabc123-_.~
+      encoded: "[uriComponent('ABCabc123-_.~')]"
+      identical: "[equals(uriComponent('ABCabc123-_.~'), 'ABCabc123-_.~')]"
+```
+
+```bash
+dsc config get --file uricomponent.example.5.dsc.config.yaml
+```
+
+```yaml
+results:
+- name: Unreserved character handling
+  type: Microsoft.DSC.Debug/Echo
+  result:
+    actualState:
+      output:
+        original: ABCabc123-_.~
+        encoded: ABCabc123-_.~
+        identical: true
+messages: []
+hadErrors: false
+```
+
+## Parameters
+
+### stringToEncode
+
+The string value to encode using percent-encoding. All characters except unreserved characters
+(A-Z, a-z, 0-9, -, _, ., ~) are encoded.
+
+```yaml
+Type:     string
+Required: true
+Position: 1
+```
+
+## Output
+
+The `uriComponent()` function returns a string with all characters except unreserved characters
+replaced with their percent-encoded equivalents (e.g., space becomes `%20`, `@` becomes `%40`).
+
+```yaml
+Type: string
+```
+
+## Related functions
+
+- [`uri()`][02] - Combines base and relative URIs
+- [`concat()`][01] - Concatenates multiple strings together
+- [`format()`][03] - Creates a formatted string from a template
+- [`base64()`][04] - Encodes a string to base64
+- [`parameters()`][05] - Retrieves parameter values
+- [`equals()`][06] - Compares two values for equality
+
+<!-- Link reference definitions -->
+[01]: ./concat.md
+[02]: ./uri.md
+[03]: ./format.md
+[04]: ./base64.md
+[05]: ./parameters.md
+[06]: ./equals.md