HTML URL Encoding

URL Structure

A typical URL have the following structure:

Common Syntax

					 
        
          scheme://prefix.domain.tld:port/path/file
          OR
          https://www.lynxsia.com/themes/preview/education-website?page=1
        
      

Scheme: Defines the protocol or internet service (http, https, ftp)

Prefix: Defines the subdomain (www, blog, app)

Domain: Defines the second/root level domain. Generally the owner name (lynxsia, google, facebook).

TLD: Defines the top level domain (com, in, net, org).

Port: Defines the port of the host (80, 8080, 3306). Default is 80 in case if omitted.

Path: Defines the directory(s) structure. Default is root directory in case if omitted.

File: Defines the actual file (HTML page, Images).

URL Encoding

URL on the internet are accessible using ASCII character set. If any character used besides ASCII, it needs to be converted and properly encoded.

URL encoding replace non ASCII characters into "%" followed by hexadecimal digit.

For example, space is converted to "%20" or "+" sign

URL Encoding Example

URL Encoding converts UTF-8 (HTML default charset) to ASCII