not UTF8-safe

[schochastics]

adaR::ada_url_parse("https://www.hk01.com/zone/1/港聞")
#> $href
#> [1] "https://www.hk01.com/zone/1/%E6%B8"
#>
#> $protocol
#> [1] "https:"
#>
#> $username
#> [1] ""
#>
#> $password
#> [1] ""
#>
#> $host
#> [1] "www.hk01.com"
#>
#> $hostname
#> [1] "www.hk01.com"
#>
#> $port
#> [1] ""
#>
#> $pathname
#> [1] "/zone/1/%E6%B8"
#>
#> $search
#> [1] ""
#>
#> $hash
#> [1] ""

^{Created on 2023-09-22 with reprex v2.0.2}

[schochastics]

using nchar(x,type="bytes") paired with URLdecode seems to do the trick but needs more testing

[schochastics]

closing for now