Encoding special symbols with searchParams option

[Rom4ig]

What would you like to discuss?

How i can send request without codding special symbols?

I want to send ?$format=json;metadata=full, but when i use
searchParams: URLSearchParams { '$format' => 'json;metadata=full' },
or
searchParams: { '$format' : 'json;metadata=full' },
i see this
'?%24format=json%3Bmetadata%3Dfull',

Checklist

• I have read the documentation.

[Giotino]

TL; DR: With searchParams you can't

Explanation: URLSearchParams follows the WHATWG spec https://url.spec.whatwg.org/#urlsearchparams
The characters you're using are percent encoded (as you noted).
If you want to use a custom query string that doesn't follow the WHATWG spec you've to add it in the URL.

Example:

got('http://example.com/?$format=json;metadata=full')