# What to use for URL encoding?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-to-use-for-url-encoding/25467>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Created:** [June 20, 2019, 12:03am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/what-to-use-for-url-encoding/25467 "2019-06-20T00:03:34Z")\
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You can also use the more actively maintained HTTP.jl package, like:

```julia
HTTP. escapeuri(url)
HTTP. unescapeuri(url)

```

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