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Graham Byers
@byersgraham 15, Jun 2023 12:00 AM
URL encoding
What is URL Encoding? Why are URLs encoded in HTML?
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Anthony Bearcub
@anthonybearcub 22, Jun 2023 11:21 AM
URL Encoding is the process of encoding non-ASCII characters in URLs to a format that is universally accepted by web browsers. URLs are sent over the Internet using the ASCII character set. If a URL contains characters outside the ASCII set, the URL has to be converted.
URL is encoded in HTML as it converts non-ASCII characters into a format that can be transmitted over the web. The URL encoding replaces non-ASCII characters with a “%” followed by hexadecimal digits.