Represents the error type of the module.


Error

## Overview

This module provides the URL encoding/decoding functions.

URL encoding stands for encoding certain characters in a URL by replacing them with one or more character triplets that consist of the percent character `%` followed by two hexadecimal digits. The two hexadecimal digits of the triplet(s) represent the numeric value of the replaced character.

The Ballerina `url` module facilitates APIs to encode and decode a URL or part of a URL.


Decodes the given string value into a `string` using the provided charset.
```ballerina
string value = "http://www.domain.com/?param1=http%3A%2F%2Fxyz.com%2F%3Fa%3D12%26b%3D55¶m2=99";
string decoded = check url:decode(value, "UTF-8");
```



decode

value

string

The name of a supported character encoding


charset

The `string` value of the decoded string or an `url:Error` if an error occurred


Encodes the given string value into a `string` using the provided charset.
```ballerina
string value = "param1=http://xyz.com/?a=12&b=55¶m2=99";
string encoded = check url:encode(value, "UTF-8");
```



encode

The `string` value of the encoded string or an `url:Error` if an error occurred


This module provides the URL encoding/decoding functions.


Errors