Form URL encoding

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'''Form URL encoding''' (often known by its MIME type '''application/x-www-form-urlencoded''') is a format mainly used for transfering form data (information typed into a form on a web page) from a web browser to a web server.
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'''Form URL encoding''' (often known by its MIME type '''application/x-www-form-urlencoded''') is a format mainly used for transferring form data (information typed into a form on a web page) from a web browser to a web server.
  
Form URL encoding uses a form of [[Percent-encoding]] in which a space character is allowed to be encoded as a "<code>+</code>" character. It can constititute the body of an HTTP "POST" message, or the "query string" portion of a URL (see [[URL encoding]]).
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Form URL encoding uses a form of [[Percent-encoding]] in which a space character is allowed to be encoded as a "<code>+</code>" character. It can constitute the body of an HTTP "POST" message, or the "query string" portion of a URL (see [[URL encoding]]).
  
 
Form URL encoding can be used for binary data, but it is inefficient. The alternative is [[Multipart/Form-Data]].
 
Form URL encoding can be used for binary data, but it is inefficient. The alternative is [[Multipart/Form-Data]].

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File Format
Name Form URL encoding
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MIME Type(s) application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Form URL encoding (often known by its MIME type application/x-www-form-urlencoded) is a format mainly used for transferring form data (information typed into a form on a web page) from a web browser to a web server.

Form URL encoding uses a form of Percent-encoding in which a space character is allowed to be encoded as a "+" character. It can constitute the body of an HTTP "POST" message, or the "query string" portion of a URL (see URL encoding).

Form URL encoding can be used for binary data, but it is inefficient. The alternative is Multipart/Form-Data.

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