Question

How to URL encode answers on email

  • 3 August 2022
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Hello,

I wonder if it's possible to URL encode the answers of a Typeform on the notification email.

For example, if I need to create an URL based on the responses:

https://mysite.com/submissions/?name=My%20name&email=myemail@gmail.com

I know I can put @ and select a field and put it there, but if the user inputs spaces or something, that URL would break.

Thoughts?


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Anyone?

Userlevel 7
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Hi @LibertyVisas Thanks for reaching out! I’m afraid that if a user puts a space in an answer, it will break the URL. We don’t offer further URL encoding features at this time, but I can share this feedback with our product team. In the meantime, you could send notification emails through another service, such as Zapier + GMail. 

Thank you for your response. I'll look for tutorials on how to set up that.

What I need is to create an url based on name an email from the typeform and send it to the people that filled it.

Cheers!

Userlevel 7
Badge +5

Hi @LibertyVisas Do you have to have the first and last name? I’m assuming that’s where the spacing issue comes from, right? 

If so, then Zapier + GMail will be your best bet OR you could have first and last name as two separate fields, then pass them as two separate items into the URL so you don’t have to worry about the spacing problem. 

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