URL Encode

Encodes problematic characters into percent-encoding, a format supported by URIs/URLs. For example, = becomes %3d. URL Encode lives in the Data format category of the fx menu. See percent-encoding for format details.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
Input	string	yes	—	Value to transform. Previous step output or a literal.
Encode all special chars	boolean	no	false	Disabled by default.

Input is the primary value (previous step output or a literal).

Returned value

Type	Description
string	Result of the URL Encode transformation.

Example

Percent-encode a query value

Encode characters that are unsafe in a URI. Use this before appending a value to a URL query string.

1. Set Input to the raw value. Paste:

   Input

   a=b&c=d

2. Leave Encode all special chars off for standard URI encoding, or turn it on to encode a wider set of characters.

3. Confirm Output value contains percent-encoded characters (for example = becomes %3d).