---
title: http.pathEscape() function
description: >
  The `http.pathEscape()` function escapes special characters in a string (including `/`)
  and replaces non-ASCII characters with hexadecimal representations (`%XX`).
menu:
  influxdb_cloud_ref:
    name: http.pathEscape
    parent: HTTP
weight: 202
---

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

_**Function type:** Transformation_

```js
import "http"

http.pathEscape(
  inputString: "/this/is/an/example-path.html"
)

// Returns %2Fthis%2Fis%2Fan%2Fexample-path.html
```

## Parameters

### inputString
The string to escape.

_**Data type:** String_

## Examples

##### URL-encode strings in a stream of tables
```js
import "http"

data
  |> map(fn: (r) => ({ r with
    path: http.pathEscape(inputString: r.path)
  }))
```