---
title: http.pathEscape() function
description: >
  `http.pathEscape()` escapes special characters in a string (including `/`)
  and replaces non-ASCII characters with hexadecimal representations (`%XX`).
menu:
  flux_v0_ref:
    name: http.pathEscape
    parent: http
    identifier: http/pathEscape
weight: 101

introduced: 0.71.0
---

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`http.pathEscape()` escapes special characters in a string (including `/`)
and replaces non-ASCII characters with hexadecimal representations (`%XX`).



##### Function type signature

```js
(inputString: string) => string
```

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## Parameters

### inputString
({{< req >}})
String to escape.




## Examples

- [URL-encode a string](#url-encode-a-string)
- [URL-encode strings in a stream of tables](#url-encode-strings-in-a-stream-of-tables)

### URL-encode a string

```js
import "http"

http.pathEscape(inputString: "Hello world!")// Returns "Hello%20world%21"


```


### URL-encode strings in a stream of tables

```js
import "http"
import "sampledata"

sampledata.string()
    |> map(fn: (r) => ({r with _value: http.pathEscape(inputString: r._value)}))

```

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#### Input data

| _time                | *tag | _value      |
| -------------------- | ---- | ----------- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t1   | smpl_g9qczs |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | t1   | smpl_0mgv9n |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | t1   | smpl_phw664 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t1   | smpl_guvzy4 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | t1   | smpl_5v3cce |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | t1   | smpl_s9fmgy |

| _time                | *tag | _value      |
| -------------------- | ---- | ----------- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | t2   | smpl_b5eida |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | t2   | smpl_eu4oxp |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | t2   | smpl_5g7tz4 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | t2   | smpl_sox1ut |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | t2   | smpl_wfm757 |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | t2   | smpl_dtn2bv |


#### Output data

| _time                | _value      | *tag |
| -------------------- | ----------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | smpl_g9qczs | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | smpl_0mgv9n | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | smpl_phw664 | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | smpl_guvzy4 | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | smpl_5v3cce | t1   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | smpl_s9fmgy | t1   |

| _time                | _value      | *tag |
| -------------------- | ----------- | ---- |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z | smpl_b5eida | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:10Z | smpl_eu4oxp | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:20Z | smpl_5g7tz4 | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:30Z | smpl_sox1ut | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:40Z | smpl_wfm757 | t2   |
| 2021-01-01T00:00:50Z | smpl_dtn2bv | t2   |

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