A url is an address that browsers probe in order to connect to a web server It includes the adjustment of codes into plain text and clear uniform format that can be easily recognizable. Two example url's could be
https://www.hana-mart.com/products/lelart-2023-%F0%9F%A6%84%E6%96%B0%E6
They, therefore, must be encoded before being sent.
Url encoding is also known as percent encoding
Characters that are not allowed in a url are replaced with a โ%โ symbol followed by two hexadecimal digits that represent the ascii code of the character Here are some examples of url encoding A space is typically encoded as %20 or as a + symbol. They convert all characters to a simple ascii representation
This process is also known as url encoding If you only want to your links in their original language, look for an url decoding utility (there are plenty of them online too, like this one) Insert the link, click decode, and see: Url encoding converts characters into a format that can be transmitted over the internet
Since urls often contain characters outside the ascii set, the url has to be converted into a valid ascii format.
Decoding is the reverse of an encoding process
