# About htmlEscape: transform https into https%3A%2F%2F
**URL:** https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/about-htmlescape-transform-https-into-https-3a-2f-2f/36116
**Category:** support
**Created:** [December 19, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/about-htmlescape-transform-https-into-https-3a-2f-2f/36116 "2021-12-19T02:09:42Z")
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### Author:  [@antoinentl](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/antoinentl)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2021, 2:09am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/about-htmlescape-transform-https-into-https-3a-2f-2f/36116/1 "2021-12-19T02:09:42Z")
My question may be naive, but I am looking to turn `https://example.com` into `https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com`, and specifically with this type of variable: `{{ .Permalink }}`. [htmlEscape](https://gohugo.io/functions/htmlescape/) seems to be the solution, but I get no difference between `{{ .Permalink | htmlEscape }}` and `{{ .Permalink }}`. Am I missing something?
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### Author:  [@davidsneighbour](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/davidsneighbour)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/about-htmlescape-transform-https-into-https-3a-2f-2f/36116/2 "2021-12-19T03:07:05Z")
HTML-escape escapes characters not allowed inside of HTML. What you want is URL-escaping, which escapes all characters that have a meaning in URLs. Urlize should do the trick:
> **[urlize](https://gohugo.io/functions/urlize/)**
>
> Takes a string, sanitizes it for usage in URLs, and converts spaces to hyphens.
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### Author:  [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)
#### Post date: [December 19, 2021, 8:08pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/about-htmlescape-transform-https-into-https-3a-2f-2f/36116/3 "2021-12-19T20:08:32Z")
If you need to include a URL in a query string:
```auto
{{ $base := "https://foo.com" }}
{{ $queryString := querify "url" "https://example.com" }}
{{ printf "%s?%s" $base $queryString }}
```
Produces:
```nohighlight
https://foo.com?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com
```
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### Author:  [@antoinentl](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/antoinentl)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/about-htmlescape-transform-https-into-https-3a-2f-2f/36116/4 "2021-12-22T01:47:58Z")
Many thanks @davidsneighbour and @jmooring! But I just need to convert `https://example.com` into `https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com`:
- urlize does not work (I have the same result with or without urlize 🤔 …)
- querify it’s interesting but I just need to convert the URL, is there a simpliest way?
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### Author:  [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)
#### Post date: [December 22, 2021, 1:55am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/about-htmlescape-transform-https-into-https-3a-2f-2f/36116/5 "2021-12-22T01:55:32Z")
No functions that I am aware of. Options:
```auto
{{ $url := "https://example.com" }}
{{ $urlEncoded := index (split (querify "" $url) "=" ) 1 }}
{{/* or */}}
{{ $url := "https://example.com" }}
{{ $urlEncoded := replace $url ":" "%3A" -}}
{{ $urlEncoded = replace $urlEncoded "/" "%2F" -}}
```
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### Author:  [@jmooring](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/jmooring)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2022, 3:49pm UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/about-htmlescape-transform-https-into-https-3a-2f-2f/36116/6 "2022-01-16T15:49:10Z")
@schnerring identified an [undocumented](https://github.com/gohugoio/hugoDocs/issues/1627) function:
```auto
{{ urlquery "https://example.com" }} --> https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com
```
The function takes one or more args, producing a single string.
```auto
{{ urlquery "https:/" "/example.com" }} --> https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com
```
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### Author:  [@antoinentl](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/antoinentl)
#### Post date: [January 17, 2022, 1:40am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/about-htmlescape-transform-https-into-https-3a-2f-2f/36116/7 "2022-01-17T01:40:54Z")
Interesting function, thank you for following up on my questions!
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### Author:  [@system](https://discourse.gohugo.io/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2022, 1:41am UTC](https://discourse.gohugo.io/t/about-htmlescape-transform-https-into-https-3a-2f-2f/36116/8 "2022-01-19T01:41:33Z")
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