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does browsers automatically encode url

Narkw Brahma

Narkw Brahma

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Does Browsers Automatically Encode URL?

Yes, browsers automatically encode URLs.

This is because URLs often contain characters that are not valid in a URL, like spaces and special characters. Encoding replaces these characters with a percent sign followed by a two-digit hexadecimal representation of the character.

For example, if you have a URL like:

http://example.com/search?q=my search string

The browser will encode it to:

http://example.com/search?q=my%20search%20string

You can also encode URLs manually using the encodeURIComponent() function in JavaScript.

Here's an example:

var myURL = "http://example.com/search?q=" + encodeURIComponent("my search string");

This will encode the search string and append it to the URL.

Summary

  • Browsers automatically encode URLs to replace invalid characters with a percent sign followed by a two-digit hexadecimal representation of the character.
  • You can also manually encode URLs using the encodeURIComponent() function in JavaScript.
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