Percent Encode text

Replaces any special characters in the input with percent-encoding that makes it function properly in URLs.

Actions Used

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Copy to Clipboard
Copies the result of the last action to the clipboard.
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Repeat with Each
Takes a list of items as input, and runs the contained actions once for each item in the list.
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Get Dictionary from Input
Makes a dictionary from the text passed as input. JSON (like {“foo”: “bar”}), key-value pairs (like foo=bar&baz=biz), and XML-based plist are supported.
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Dictionary
Passes the specified list of key-value pairs to the next action as a dictionary.
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Replace Text
Replaces some text passed into the action with other text.

Extra Details

Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Percent%20Encode%20text
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Percent%20Encode%20text
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Percent Encode text” end tell

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