OpenRefine Foundation

Encoding URL:

When passing your value to the API service you need to encode the value in URI format (read more on URI encoding here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percent-encoding).

The escape function automatically encode the value in URI format. Its format is either:
value.escape(‘url’) or escape(value,’url’)

For example: The escape function will replace all space and punctuation  from the following tweet:

What shd I do during 20 minutes it takes to save my authority records in Connexion?' 'Here's some DC to MODS metadata work in OpenRefine'

and return

What+shd+I+do+during+20+minutes+it+takes+to+save+my+authority+records+in+Connexion%3F%27+%27Here%27s+some+DC+to+MODS+metadata+work+in+OpenRefine%27