URLs can only be sent over the internet using the ASCII character-set. URL encoding converts characters into a format that can be transmitted over the Internet - using an % followed by two hexadecimal digits.
For URLs, there are many reserved and common special characters:
Reserved Characters: Characters with special meanings or functions in URLs are reserved. These include
!,*,',(,),;,:,@,&,=,$,,,/,?,#,[,], and more.Unsafe Characters: Other characters outside of the ASCII character-set must be included, such as,
",<,>,\,{,},|,^,~,[,],`.URLs cannot contain spaces: When encoding whitespace characters you have two options:
Using
%20(percent encoding); orUsing
+(for building query strings).
How to URL Encode in IguanaX:
filter.uri.enc()can be used to URL encode strings with reserved and special characters in Iguana's Translator. filter.uri.enc() will convert <spaces> to +. String:gsub() can be used to replace the + with %20 when required.
