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+# Civetweb API Reference
+
+### `mg_url_encode( src, dst, des_len );`
+
+### Parameters
+
+| Parameter | Type | Description |
+| :--- | :--- | :--- |
+|**`src`**|`const char *`|Input string to encode|
+|**`dst`**|`char *`|Destination buffer to store the encoded result|
+|**`dst_len`**|`size_t`|Length of the destination buffer including the terminating NUL|
+
+### Return Value
+
+| Type | Description |
+| :--- | :--- |
+|`int`|The number of characters written in the destination buffer|
+
+### Description
+
+The function `mg_url_encode()` encodes a in input buffer. Both normal URIs and form URIs can be encoded. In the latter case the space character is converted to a `+` as defined in [RFC 1866](http://ftp.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/html/rfc1866.txt) in section 8.2.1.
+
+### See Also
+
+* [`mg_url_decode();`](mg_url_decode.md)