# urlencode

Replace special characters in URLs with escape characters.

## Syntax

* new\_url = webread(url)

## Input argument

* url - a string: URL to a web service.

## Output argument

* new\_url - a string: encoded url.

## Description

urlencode replaces special characters in URLs with escape characters.

Special characters in URLs need to be replaced with escape characters. For example, spaces should be replaced with '%20'.

## Example

```matlab
url = 'https://httpbin.org/get?query=hello world';
res = urlencode(url)
```

## See also

[webread](webread).

## History

| Version | Description     |
| ------- | --------------- |
| 1.11.0  | initial version |

## Author

Allan CORNET
