Encode and decode URLs and text for web-safe transmission. Convert special characters, spaces, and symbols with ease.
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URL encoding (also called percent encoding) converts characters into a format that can be transmitted over the Internet. Special characters are replaced with a % followed by two hexadecimal digits.
Common characters that need encoding:
URL encoding is essential when:
Follow these guidelines for effective URL encoding:
URL encoding is for URLs and uses % followed by hex codes. HTML encoding is for HTML content and uses entities like & for &.
Yes, but typically you only encode the query parameters and path segments, not the entire URL including protocol and domain.
Yes, URL encoding is completely reversible. Decoding will restore the original text exactly as it was before encoding.
Yes, alphanumeric characters (A-Z, a-z, 0-9) and some special characters like hyphens, periods, and underscores are safe and dont need encoding.