---
title: "{queryescape:…} / {pathescape:…}"
description: Make text safe to put in a URL - as a query value, or as part of the path.
---

```text
{queryescape:text}     for after ?key=   (spaces become +)
{pathescape:text}      for inside the path   (spaces become %20)
```

**Platforms:** Twitch and Kick.

Both replace characters that would break a URL (`&`, `/`, `?`, `#`,
spaces, emoji, …). Use `queryescape` for a value after `?something=` and
`pathescape` for a piece of the path itself.

## Examples

```text
!google   →  https://www.google.com/search?q={queryescape:{args}}
!define   →  {urlfetch:https://api.example.com/define?word={queryescape:{arg:1}}}
!profile  →  https://example.com/users/{pathescape:{touser}}
```

This is how viewer text gets into a [`{urlfetch:}`](/chat-bot/variables/urlfetch)
safely: the address stays yours, the encoded text rides in the query.