---
title: "Liquid filters: url_encode"
description: |-
  Converts any URL-unsafe characters in a string to the
  [percent-encoded](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/percent-encoding) equivalent.
api_name: liquid
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/url_encode
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/filters/url_encode.md
---

# url\_​encode

```oobleck
string | url_encode
```

returns [string](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/liquid/basics#string)

Converts any URL-unsafe characters in a string to the [percent-encoded](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/percent-encoding) equivalent.

***

Note

Spaces are converted to a `+` character, instead of a percent-encoded character.

***

```liquid
{{ 'test@test.com' | url_encode }}
```

## Output

```html
test%40test.com
```