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HTML Url Encoding

The document discusses HTML URL encoding. It explains that URLs are used to address documents on the world wide web and follow a specific syntax including the scheme, host, domain, port, path and filename. It provides examples of common URL schemes like http, https, ftp and file. It also explains that URL encoding is used to convert characters outside the ASCII set into a valid ASCII format for transmission over the internet by replacing them with a % followed by two hexadecimal digits. It includes an example form to demonstrate URL encoding and a table showing how some characters are encoded.

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HTML Url Encoding

The document discusses HTML URL encoding. It explains that URLs are used to address documents on the world wide web and follow a specific syntax including the scheme, host, domain, port, path and filename. It provides examples of common URL schemes like http, https, ftp and file. It also explains that URL encoding is used to convert characters outside the ASCII set into a valid ASCII format for transmission over the internet by replacing them with a % followed by two hexadecimal digits. It includes an example form to demonstrate URL encoding and a table showing how some characters are encoded.

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HTML URL Encoding

HTML Uniform Resource Locators


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A URL is another word for a web address. A URL can be composed of words, such as "w3schools.com", or an Internet Protocol (IP) address: 192.68.20.50. Most people enter the name of the website when surfing, because names are easier to remember than numbers.

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URL - Uniform Resource Locator


Web browsers request pages from web servers by using a URL. When you click on a link in an HTML page, an underlying <a> tag points to an address on the world wide web. A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is used to address a document (or other data) on the world wide web. A web address, like this: http://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp follows these syntax rules:

s c h e m e : / / h o s t . d o m a i n : p o r t / p a t h / f i l e n a m e
Explanation: scheme - defines the type of Internet service. The most common type is http host - defines the domain host (the default host for http is www) domain - defines the Internet domain name, like w3schools.com :port - defines the port number at the host (the default port number for http is 80 ) path - defines a path at the server (If omitted, the document must be stored at the root directory of the web site) filename - defines the name of a document/resource

Common URL Schemes


The table below lists some common schemes: Scheme http https Short for.... HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol Which pages will the scheme be used for... Common web pages starts with http://. Not encrypted Secure web pages. All information exchanged are encrypted For downloading or uploading files to a website. Useful for domain maintenance A file on your computer

ftp

File Transfer Protocol

file

URL Encoding
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 converts characters into a format that can be transmitted over the Internet.
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HTML URL Encoding

URL encoding replaces non ASCII characters with a "%" followed by two hexadecimal digits. URLs cannot contain spaces. URL encoding normally replaces a space with a + sign.

Try It Yourself
If you click the "Submit" button below, the browser will URL encode the input before it is sent to the server. A page at the server will display the received input. Hello Gnter Submit

Try some other input and click Submit again.

URL Encoding Examples


Character URL-encoding

For a complete reference of all URL encodings, visit our URL Encoding Reference.

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