URL Decoder/Encoder

What is URL Encoding?

URL encoding (percent-encoding) converts characters into a format that can be safely transmitted in URLs. Reserved and special characters are replaced with a percent sign followed by two hexadecimal digits.

URL encoding is essential for web development, API integrations, and sharing links that contain spaces, ampersands, unicode characters, or other reserved symbols.

How to Encode and Decode URLs?

URL encoding and decoding can be done in JavaScript, Python, or directly with this online tool.

// URL Encode
const text = 'Hello World!';
const encoded = encodeURIComponent(text);
console.log(encoded); // Hello%20World!

// URL Decode
const decoded = decodeURIComponent('Hello%20World%21');
console.log(decoded); // Hello World!

from urllib.parse import quote, unquote

# URL Encode
encoded = quote('Hello World!')
print(encoded)  # Hello%20World%21

# URL Decode
decoded = unquote('Hello%20World%21')
print(decoded)  # Hello World!

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Or use our free online tool above for instant results without writing code.

How to Use URL Decoder/Encoder?

Our URL encoder and decoder makes it easy to convert text to percent-encoded format and back.