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Turn text into a URL-safe form, convert a URL full of %20 back into plain text, or break a URL into its parts: the host, the path and each parameter.
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Choose the Encode / Decode tab or the Parse URL tab.
Paste your text or URL. To encode, choose whether to encode a single value (component) or a full URL.
Copy the result, or read the parameter table on the Parse URL tab.
A URL may only contain certain ASCII characters. Any other character, including spaces and accented letters, is encoded as UTF-8 and each byte is written as a percent sign followed by two hexadecimal digits. That is why a space becomes %20 and the letter é becomes %C3%A9.
Characters with a special meaning in a URL, such as ? & = # /, only need to be encoded when they are part of the data rather than part of the URL’s structure.
Component mode (encodeURIComponent) encodes almost every special character, which suits a single value such as the contents of a query parameter. Full URL mode (encodeURI) leaves structural characters alone, which suits a complete address that still contains spaces or accented letters.
encodeURI keeps structural characters such as : / ? & = #, so it suits a full URL. encodeURIComponent encodes those characters too, so it suits a single value inside a URL, such as the contents of a query parameter.
%20 is the standard URL encoding of a space. A + standing for a space only applies to form data (application/x-www-form-urlencoded), such as query parameters from a submitted form. This tool has a space-as-+ option for that case.
The text contains a percent sign that is not followed by two valid hexadecimal digits, or a byte sequence that is not valid UTF-8. Check for a stray % character.
Yes. Every Unicode character is encoded as UTF-8 before the percent signs are added, so the result follows the standard.
No. Encoding, decoding and parsing all run in your browser.
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