URL Encoder/Decoder

Encode or decode URLs and URI components.

Input

Enter the string or URL you want to convert.

Output

The converted result will appear here.

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What is URL Encoding?

URL encoding, also known as percent-encoding, is a mechanism for encoding information in a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) under certain circumstances. It's necessary because URLs can only be sent over the internet using the ASCII character-set. Since URLs often contain characters outside the ASCII set, the URL has to be converted into a valid ASCII format. URL encoding replaces unsafe ASCII characters with a "%" followed by two hexadecimal digits. For example, a space character is encoded as `%20`.