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# encode

> Usage: `{{encode value}}`

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`{{encode}}` is a simple output helper which will encode a given string so that it can be used in a URL.

The most obvious example of where this is useful is shown in Casper’s `post.hbs`, for outputting a twitter share link:

```handlebars theme={"dark"}
<a class="icon-twitter" href="https://twitter.com/share?text={{encode title}}&url={{url absolute='true'}}"
    onclick="window.open(this.href, 'twitter-share', 'width=550,height=235');return false;">
    <span class="hidden">Twitter</span>
</a>
```

Without using the `{{encode}}` helper on the post’s title, the spaces and other punctuation in the title will not be handled correctly.