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Speaking of encoding/decoding, is there a trick when using relocate to prevent a query string from being encoded (or decoded, at this point words no longer have meaning to me :woozy_face: )

After logging a user in, I’m trying to relocate them back to the exact spot they left off, something like `heroes?ids=1,2,3` but no matter what I try I end up at `heroes?ids=1%252C2%252C3`

What's wrong with the URL encoded commas?

They should come back into the `url` scope just fine

My guess is your manually encoding something AND ColdBox is encoding it again for you

Yep. Every time you fresh the page, it’s add more and more “stuff”.

This is my current attempt, but I’ve also tried `encodeURICompoment`:
```var customEncodedUrl = window.location.search.replace(
						/\&amp;/g,
						'%26'
					);```


you'd need to back up and explain how you're redirecting the user

but I can assure you, manually replacing stuff in the string to decode it is NOT the answer :wink:

Find out how and where it's getting created and encoded in the first place

Are you redirecting the user via CommandBox's `relocate()` method?

Fair enough, I’m pretty scattered at the moment, let me see if I can put together a more coherent example.

Also, have you seen this module
<https://www.forgebox.io/view/redirectBack>

it's made for easy redirects back to the previous page

You litearlly just call
```redirectBack();```
in your ColdBox handler, and it sends the user back to the previous page :slightly_smiling_face:

Possibly of note here - Lucee automatically encodes urls when using cflocation: <https://luceeserver.atlassian.net/browse/LDEV-2164>

:rubber_duck:
```Index.js
---------
...
let fakeUri = encodeURIComponent(`?this=1,2,3&amp;that=4,5,6`);

Inertia.get(`/login?_lastUrl=/orders&amp;_lastQryStr=${fakeUri}`);
...```
Moves over the login process in our `Auth.cfc` At this point, if I interupt the process and do a writeDump of `_lastQryString` , it appears decoded (:thumbsup:). However, if I let it keep going…
```Auth.cfc
---------
...
relocate(
    url         = rc._lastUrl,
    queryString = rc._lastQryStr
);
...```
I end up back where I started (:thumbsup:) but the query string is now encoded (:thumbsdown: )
:thinking_face:
• I read up on the cflocation issue, but seeing as we’re using coldbox `relocate()` I’m sure it that situation applies.
• I also tried `redirectBack()` but that only got me back to `/orders` without any query string; maybe I just need to play around with it some more.

<@U09PEB33J> the rediectback() doesn't use a query string.  It uses flash ram.  Dump out the `rc` to see what's in it

That said, I'm not entirely following what you're doing with redirects both in JS and in CF

That fair. Thanks for taking a look. I’ll keep at it.