HTML Uniform Resource Locators
A URL can be composed of words (e.g. w3schools.com), or an Internet Protocol (IP) address (e.g. 192.68.20.50).
Most people enter the name when surfing, because names are easier to remember than numbers.
URL — Uniform Resource Locator
Web browsers request pages from web servers by using a URL.
A Uniform Resource Locator (URL) is used to address a document (or other data) on the web.
A web address like https://www.w3schools.com/html/default.asp follows these syntax rules:
- scheme — defines the type of Internet service (most common is http or https)
- prefix — defines a domain prefix (default for http is www)
- domain — defines the Internet domain name (like w3schools.com)
- port — defines the port number at the host (default for http is 80)
- path — defines a path at the server (If omitted: the root directory of the site)
- filename — defines the name of a document or resource
Common URL Schemes
The table below lists some common schemes:
Scheme | Short for | Used for |
---|---|---|
http | HyperText Transfer Protocol | Common web pages. Not encrypted |
https | Secure HyperText Transfer Protocol | Secure web pages. Encrypted |
ftp | File Transfer Protocol | Downloading or uploading files |
file | A file on your computer |
URL Encoding
URLs can only be sent over the Internet using the ASCII character-set. If a URL contains characters outside the ASCII set, the URL has to be converted.
URL encoding converts non-ASCII characters into a format that can be transmitted over the Internet.
URL encoding replaces non-ASCII characters with a «%» followed by hexadecimal digits.
URLs cannot contain spaces. URL encoding normally replaces a space with a plus (+) sign, or %20.
Try It Yourself
If you click «Submit», the browser will URL encode the input before it is sent to the server.
A page at the server will display the received input.
Try some other input and click Submit again.
ASCII Encoding Examples
Your browser will encode input, according to the character-set used in your page.
The default character-set in HTML5 is UTF-8.
Character | From Windows-1252 | From UTF-8 |
---|---|---|
€ | %80 | %E2%82%AC |
£ | %A3 | %C2%A3 |
© | %A9 | %C2%A9 |
® | %AE | %C2%AE |
À | %C0 | %C3%80 |
Á | %C1 | %C3%81 |
 | %C2 | %C3%82 |
à | %C3 | %C3%83 |
Ä | %C4 | %C3%84 |
Å | %C5 | %C3%85 |
For a complete reference of all URL encodings, visit our URL Encoding Reference.
HTML character codes
All HTML character codes of text fonts and symbols from to .
Click on character to get HTML code:
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Special HTML codes
Char | Numeric code | Named code | Description |
---|---|---|---|
horizontal tab | |||
line feed | |||
carriage return / enter | |||
non-breaking space |
Regular HTML character codes
Char | Numeric code | Named code | Description |
---|---|---|---|
space | |||
! | ! | exclamation mark | |
« | " | " | double quote |
# | # | number | |
$ | $ | dollar | |
% | % | percent | |
& | & | & | ampersand |
‘ | ' | ' | single quote |
( | ( | left parenthesis | |
) | ) | right parenthesis | |
* | * | asterisk | |
+ | + | plus | |
, | , | comma | |
— | - | minus | |
. | . | period | |
/ | / | slash | |
0 | 0 | zero | |
1 | 1 | one | |
2 | 2 | two | |
3 | 3 | three | |
4 | 4 | four | |
5 | 5 | five | |
6 | 6 | six | |
7 | 7 | seven | |
8 | 8 | eight | |
9 | 9 | nine | |
: | : | colon | |
; | ; | semicolon | |
< | < | less than | |
= | = | equality sign | |
> | > | > | greater than |
? | ? | question mark | |
@ | @ | at sign | |
A | A | ||
B | B | ||
C | C | ||
D | D | ||
E | E | ||
F | F | ||
G | G | ||
H | H | ||
I | I | ||
J | J | ||
K | K | ||
L | L | ||
M | M | ||
N | N | ||
O | O | ||
P | P | ||
Q | Q | ||
R | R | ||
S | S | ||
T | T | ||
U | U | ||
V | V | ||
W | W | ||
X | X | ||
Y | Y | ||
Z | Z | ||
[ | [ | left square bracket | |
\ | \ | backslash | |
] | ] | right square bracket | |
^ | ^ | caret / circumflex | |
_ | _ | underscore | |
` | ` | grave / accent | |
a | a | ||
b | b | ||
c | c | ||
d | d | ||
e | e | ||
f | f | ||
g | g | ||
h | h | ||
i | i | ||
j | j | ||
k | k | ||
l | l | ||
m | m | ||
n | n | ||
o | o | ||
p | p | ||
q | q | ||
r | r | ||
s | s | ||
t | t | ||
u | u | ||
v | v | ||
w | w | ||
x | x | ||
y | y | ||
z | z | ||
{ | left curly bracket | ||
| | | | vertical bar | |
> | } | right curly bracket | |
~ | ~ | tilde |
Extra codes
Char | Numeric code | Named code | Description |
---|---|---|---|
non-breaking space | |||
¡ | ¡ | ¡ | inverted exclamation mark |
¢ | ¢ | ¢ | cent sign |
£ | £ | £ | pound sign |
¤ | ¤ | ¤ | currency sign |
¥ | ¥ | ¥ | yen sign |
¦ | ¦ | ¦ | broken bar |
§ | § | § | section sign |
¨ | ¨ | ¨ | diaeresis |
© | © | © | copyright sign |
ª | ª | ª | feminine ordinal indicator |
« | « | « | left pointing guillemet |
¬ | ¬ | ¬ | not sign |
| | | soft hyphen |
® | ® | ® | registered sign |
¯ | ¯ | ¯ | macron |
° | ° | ° | degree sign |
± | ± | ± | plus-minus sign |
² | ² | ² | superscript two |
³ | ³ | ³ | superscript three |
´ | ´ | ´ | acute accent |
µ | µ | µ | micro sign |
¶ | ¶ | ¶ | paragraph sign |
· | · | · | middle dot |
¸ | ¸ | ¸ | spacing cedilla |
¹ | ¹ | ¹ | superscript one |
º | º | º | masculine ordinal indicator |
» | » | » | right pointing guillemet |
¼ | ¼ | ¼ | fraction one quarter |
½ | ½ | ½ | fraction one half |
¾ | ¾ | ¾ | fraction three quarters |
¿ | ¿ | ¿ | inverted question mark |
À | À | À | capital A with grave |
Á | Á | Á | capital A with acute |
 |  |  | capital A with circumflex |
à | à | à | capital A with tilde |
Ä | Ä | Ä | capital A with diaeresis |
Å | Å | Å | capital A with ring |
Æ | Æ | Æ | capital AE |
Ç | Ç | Ç | capital C with cedilla |
È | È | È | capital E with grave |
É | É | É | capital E with acute |
Ê | Ê | Ê | capital E with circumflex |
Ë | Ë | Ë | capital E with diaeresis |
Ì | Ì | Ì | capital I with grave |
Í | Í | Í | capital I with acute |
Î | Î | Î | capital I with circumflex |
Ï | Ï | Ï | capital I with diaeresis |
Ð | Ð | Ð | capital ETH |
Ñ | Ñ | Ñ | capital N with tilde |
Ò | Ò | Ò | capital O with grave |
Ó | Ó | Ó | capital O with acute |
Ô | Ô | Ô | capital O with circumflex |
Õ | Õ | Õ | capital O with tilde |
Ö | Ö | Ö | capital O with diaeresis |
× | × | × | multiplication sign |
Ø | Ø | Ø | capital O with stroke |
Ù | Ù | Ù | capital U with grave |
Ú | Ú | Ú | capital U with acute |
Û | Û | Û | capital U with circumflex |
Ü | Ü | Ü | capital U with diaeresis |
Ý | Ý | Ý | capital Y with acute |
Þ | Þ | Þ | capital THORN |
ß | ß | ß | small sharp s |
à | à | à | small a with grave |
á | á | á | small a with acute |
â | â | &; | small a with circumflex |
ã | ã | ã | small a with tilde |
ä | ä | ä | small a with diaeresis |
å | å | å | small a with ring above |
æ | æ | æ | small ae |
ç | ç | ç | small c with cedilla |
è | è | è | small e with grave |
é | é | é | small e with acute |
ê | ê | ê | small e with circumflex |
ë | ë | ë | small e with diaeresis |
ì | ì | ì | small i with grave |
í | í | í | small i with acute |
î | î | î | small i with circumflex |
ï | ï | ï | small i with diaeresis |
ð | ð | ð | small eth |
ñ | ñ | ñ | small n with tilde |
ò | ò | ò | small o with grave |
ó | ó | ó | small o with acute |
ô | ô | ô | small o with circumflex |
õ | õ | õ | small o with tilde |
ö | ö | ö | small o with diaeresis |
÷ | ÷ | ÷ | division sign |
ø | ø | ø | small o with stroke |
ù | ù | ù | small u with grave |
ú | ú | ú | small u with acute |
û | û | û | small u with circumflex |
ü | ü | ü | small u with diaeresis |
ý | ý | ý | small y with acute |
þ | þ | þ | small thorn |
ÿ | ÿ | ÿ | small y with diaeresis |
HTML math symbols codes
Char | Numeric code | Named code | Description |
---|---|---|---|
& | & | & | ampersand |
• | • | • | bullet |
◦ | ◦ | white bullet | |
∙ | ∙ | bullet operator | |
‣ | ‣ | triangular bullet | |
⁃ | ⁃ | hyphen bullet | |
° | ° | ° | degree |
∞ | ∞ | ∞ | infinity |
‰ | ‰ | ‰ | per-mille |
⋅ | ⋅ | ⋅ | multiplication dot |
± | ± | ± | plus-minus |
† | † | † | hermitian |
— | — | — | |
¬ | ¬ | ¬ | |
µ | µ | µ | |
⊥ | ⊥ | ⊥ | |
∥ | ∥ | ∥ |
Currency codes
Char | Numeric code | Named code | Description |
---|---|---|---|
$ | $ | dollar | |
€ | € | € | euro |
£ | £ | £ | pound |
¥ | ¥ | ¥ | yen / yuan |
¢ | ¢ | ¢ | cent |
₹ | ₹ | indian Rupee | |
₨ | ₨ | rupee | |
₱ | ₱ | peso | |
₩ | ₩ | korean won | |
฿ | ฿ | thai baht | |
₫ | ₫ | dong | |
₪ | ₪ | shekel |
Intellectual property codes
Char | Numeric code | Named code | Description |
---|---|---|---|
© | © | © | copyright |
® | ® | ® | registered trademark |
℗ | ℗ | sound recording copyright | |
™ | ™ | ™ | trademark |
℠ | ℠ | service mark |
Greek alphabet codes
Char | Numeric code | Named code | Description |
---|---|---|---|
α | α | α | small alpha |
β | β | β | small beta |
γ | γ | γ | small gamma |
δ | δ | δ | small delta |
ε | ε | ε | small epsilon |
ζ | ζ | ζ | small zeta |
η | η | η | small eta |
θ | θ | θ | small theta |
ι | ι | ι | small iota |
κ | κ | κ | small kappa |
λ | λ | λ | small lambda |
μ | μ | μ | small mu |
ν | ν | ν | small nu |
ξ | ξ | ξ | small xi |
ο | ο | ο | small omicron |
π | π | π | small pi |
ρ | ρ | ρ | small rho |
σ | σ | σ | small sigma |
τ | τ | τ | small tau |
υ | υ | υ | small upsilon |
φ | φ | φ | small phi |
χ | χ | χ | small chi |
ψ | ψ | ψ | small psi |
ω | ω | ω | small omega |
Α | Α | Α | capital alpha |
Β | Β | Β | capital beta |
Γ | Γ | Γ | capital gamma |
Δ | Δ | Δ | capital delta |
Ε | Ε | Ε | capital epsilon |
Ζ | Ζ | Ζ | capital zeta |
Η | Η | Η | capital eta |
Θ | Θ | Θ | capital theta |
Ι | Ι | Ι | capital iota |
Κ | Κ | Κ | capital kappa |
Λ | Λ | Λ | capital lambda |
Μ | Μ | Μ | capital mu |
Ν | Ν | Ν | capital nu |
Ξ | Ξ | Ξ | capital xi |
Ο | Ο | Ο | capital omicron |
Π | Π | Π | capital pi |
Ρ | Ρ | Ρ | capital rho |
Σ | Σ | Σ | capital sigma |
Τ | Τ | Τ | capital tau |
Υ | Υ | Υ | capital upsilon |
Φ | Φ | Φ | capital phi |
Χ | Χ | Χ | capital chi |
Ψ | Ψ | Ψ | capital psi |
Ω | Ω | Ω | capital omega |
See also
- URL decoder/encoder
- Unicode characters
- Windows ALT codes
- ASCII table
- Greek alphabet
- HTML color codes
- & HTML code
- Check mark HTML code
- Copyright HTML code
- Euro HTML code
- Heart HTML code
- Quotes HTML code
- Space HTML code
- Trademark HTML code