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URLEncode

See Also
- URLDecode
- URLQueryEncode
- URLBuild
- URLParse
- FromCharacterCode
- Transliterate
- Interpreter Types
- URLString
- URLQueryString
Related Guides
Workflows
- Construct a URL Query String
- Enter Special Characters

URLEncode

URLEncode["string"]

converts "string" into a URL-style, percent-encoded ASCII string.

Details and Options

The string in URLEncode can include any Unicode characters.
Any non-ASCII or reserved character is represented by its hexadecimal character code with a % prepended.
URLEncode has option CharacterEncoding, which specifies the character encoding to be used to generate character codes. The default setting is "UTF-8".
The first argument of URLEncode can be a string, a number, or the following special forms:
None,Null,Missing ""

True "true"

False "false"

URL["url"],CloudObject["url"] the encode form of "url"

Examples

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Basic Examples (4)

Encode string with percent encoding using specified encoding:

URLEncode threads over lists:

None or Missing is transformed into an empty string:

Integers and machine-precision numbers are converted into strings:

URL or CloudObject can be used:

Options (1)

CharacterEncoding (1)

Encode string with percent encoding using specified encoding:

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