# Convert given string to URL encoded string
	fun escape(url: String): String import String.to_cstring, CString.to_s `{
		char *orig_url, *encoded_url = NULL;
		orig_url = String_to_cstring(url);
		encoded_url = curl_easy_escape( self, orig_url, strlen(orig_url));
		String b_url = CString_to_s(encoded_url);
		curl_free(encoded_url);
		return b_url;
	`}