Changing String encoding type to send in HTTP Request [duplicate]

Question

I have a String that contains for example:

Hello are you ok ?

I want to convert this String to:

Hello%20are%20you%20ok%20?

What do we call that and how can I do it in Java? Cause when I send a HttpRequest, the server doesn't understand the words without these special characters...

It's called URL encoding: stackoverflow.com/questions/10786042/java-url-encoding — Zoltán
– Zoltán, Commented Mar 9, 2014 at 0:52

Viktor K. · Accepted Answer · 2014-03-09 00:53:35Z

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What you want to use is URLEncoder :

String encodedUrl = URLEncoder.encode(url, "UTF-8");

answered Mar 9, 2014 at 0:53

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Andrew Thompson Over a year ago

If url is http://www.google.com/, the encoded form is http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F (a mess). The duplicate Q&A answers this much better.

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