# URLTools plugin This plugin provides two aliases to URL-encode and URL-decode strings. To start using it, add the `urltools` plugin to your plugins array in `~/.zshrc`: ```zsh plugins=(... urltools) ``` Original author: [Ian Chesal](https://github.com/ianchesal) Original idea and aliases: [Ruslan Spivak](https://ruslanspivak.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/urlencode-and-urldecode-from-a-command-line/) ## Commands | Command | Description | | :---------- | :--------------------------- | | `urlencode` | URL-encodes the given string | | `urldecode` | URL-decodes the given string | ## Examples ```zsh urlencode 'https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/search?q=urltools&type=Code' # returns https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fohmyzsh%2Fohmyzsh%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Durltools%26type%3DCode urldecode 'https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fohmyzsh%2Fohmyzsh%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Durltools%26type%3DCode' # returns https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/search?q=urltools&type=Code ```