Why do we need URL encoding?

URLs can only be sent over the internet using the ASCII character-set. Unsafe characters like spaces or emojis must be encoded.

Is URL encoding the same as Base64?

No, they are entirely different encoding schemes used for different purposes.

Encode or decode strings to be safely placed inside a URL. Converts special characters to their percent-encoded forms.

This tool encodes unsafe characters into '%HEX' format for URLs, or decodes them back into readable text.

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Only encode the query parameters or path segments. Encoding the entire URL (including 'https://') will break the URL structure.

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URL encoding replaces unsafe characters with a '%' followed by hex digits. Use Base64 for transmitting binary data.