URL Encoding (also known as percent-encoding), a universally accepted format (by all web browsers and servers), covers a process that converts reserved, unsafe, and non-ASCII characters in URLs. How? Initially, it converts the character to one or more bytes. Two hexadecimal digits preceded by a percent sign (%)—(e.g., %xy)—represent each byte. The percent sign is an escape character.
From TinyCC's viewpoint, URL encoding is an amazingly practical method for encoding URLs when they are sent through our API. GET parameters should be percent-encoded, ensuring the security and integrity of the data. When you submit URLs through the shortening form, we process and store them in an encoded format. We encode:
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