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title: "What is decodeURI(), encodeURI in JavaScript"  
description: "What is decodeURI(), encodeURI in JavaScript"  
author: "Danish Khan"  
published: 2012-11-01  
updated: 2020-09-21  
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category: "javascript"  
tags: ["javascript"]  
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# What is decodeURI(), encodeURI in JavaScript

To send the characters that can not be specified in a URL should be converted into their equivalent hex encoding. To perform this task the methods encodeURI() and decodeURI() are used.

## Answers

### Answer by Danish Khan

To send the characters that can not be specified in a URL should be converted into their equivalent hex encoding. To perform this task the methods encodeURI() and decodeURI() are used.


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