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{{FormatInfo
|formattype=electronic
|subcat=Serialization
|mimetypes={{mimetype|application/x-www-form-urlencoded}}
}}
'''Form URL encoding''' (often known by its MIME type '''application/x-www-form-urlencoded''') is a format mainly used for transfering form data (information typed into a form on a web page) from a web browser to a web server.

Form URL encoding uses a form of [[Percent-encoding]] in which a space character is allowed to be encoded as a "<code>+</code>" character. It can constititute the body of an HTTP "POST" message, or the "query string" portion of a URL (see [[URL encoding]]).

Form URL encoding can be used for binary data, but it is inefficient. The alternative is [[Multipart/Form-Data]].

== Links ==
* [http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/forms.html#url-encoded-form-data HTML5: URL-encoded form data]
* [http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.13.4.1 HTML 4.01 Specification: application/x-www-form-urlencoded]
* [[Wikipedia:POST (HTTP)]]

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 '''Form URL encoding''' (often known by its MIME type '''application/x-www-form-urlencoded''') is a format mainly used for transferring form data (information typed into a form on a web page) from a web browser to a web server.
-Form URL encoding uses a form of [[Percent-encoding]] in which a space character is allowed to be encoded as a "<code>+</code>" character. It can constitute the body of an HTTP "POST" message, or the "query string" portion of a URL (see [[URL encoding]]).
+Form URL encoding uses a form of [[Percent-encoding]] in which a space character is allowed to be encoded as a "<code>+</code>" character. It can constitute the body of an [[HTTP]] "POST" message, or the "query string" portion of a URL (see [[URL encoding]]).
 Form URL encoding is inefficient when used for a large amount of binary data. The alternative is [[Multipart/Form-Data]].

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 Form URL encoding uses a form of [[Percent-encoding]] in which a space character is allowed to be encoded as a "<code>+</code>" character. It can constitute the body of an HTTP "POST" message, or the "query string" portion of a URL (see [[URL encoding]]).
-Form URL encoding can be used for binary data, but it is inefficient. The alternative is [[Multipart/Form-Data]].
+Form URL encoding is inefficient when used for a large amount of binary data. The alternative is [[Multipart/Form-Data]].
 == Links ==

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 * [http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/interact/forms.html#h-17.13.4.1 HTML 4.01 Specification: application/x-www-form-urlencoded]
 * [[Wikipedia:POST (HTTP)]]
 [[Category:Web]]

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 |mimetypes={{mimetype|application/x-www-form-urlencoded}}
 }}
-'''Form URL encoding''' (often known by its MIME type '''application/x-www-form-urlencoded''') is a format mainly used for transfering form data (information typed into a form on a web page) from a web browser to a web server.
+'''Form URL encoding''' (often known by its MIME type '''application/x-www-form-urlencoded''') is a format mainly used for transferring form data (information typed into a form on a web page) from a web browser to a web server.
-Form URL encoding uses a form of [[Percent-encoding]] in which a space character is allowed to be encoded as a "<code>+</code>" character. It can constititute the body of an HTTP "POST" message, or the "query string" portion of a URL (see [[URL encoding]]).
+Form URL encoding uses a form of [[Percent-encoding]] in which a space character is allowed to be encoded as a "<code>+</code>" character. It can constitute the body of an HTTP "POST" message, or the "query string" portion of a URL (see [[URL encoding]]).
 Form URL encoding can be used for binary data, but it is inefficient. The alternative is [[Multipart/Form-Data]].