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URL Encoder

Percent-encode any string for safe use in a URL query parameter, path segment, or HTTP request. Converts reserved characters and Unicode code points to their %XX escape sequences so they don't break URL parsing.

URL Encoder

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How to Use This Tool
  1. Enter the text or URL component you want to encode
  2. Click "Encode URL" to percent-encode special characters
  3. Copy the encoded string and append it to your URL or query parameter
What is URL Encoder?
URL encoding (also called percent-encoding) converts characters that are not allowed or have special meaning in URLs into a safe representation: a percent sign followed by two hexadecimal digits representing the character's UTF-8 byte value. Spaces become %20 (or + in query strings), ampersands become %26, and the equals sign becomes %3D. This is essential when building URLs dynamically — for example, a search query containing an ampersand would be misinterpreted as a query string separator if not encoded. RFC 3986 defines which characters are "unreserved" (letters, digits, -, _, ., ~) and can appear literally in a URL, and which must be percent-encoded.
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