Demo

$.url.decode

http://anonymous:guest@site.com@www.example.com:8080/path/to/file.htm?arg1=value1+%40%23456&arg2=value2+touch%C3%A9#anchorOnPage

$.url.encode

file.htm?arg1=value1 @#456&arg2=value2 touché

$.url.parse

http://anonymous:guest@site.com@www.example.com:8080/path/to/file.htm?arg1=value1+%40%23456&arg2=value2+touch%C3%A9#anchorOnPage

(this output of $.url.parse is JSON-encoded and tab-formatted here)

$.url.build

{ "protocol":"http", "user":"anonymous", "password":"guest@site.com", "host":"www.example.com", "port":"8080", "path":"/path/to/file.htm", "params":{ "arg1":"value1 @#456", "arg2":"value2 touché" }, "anchor":"anchorOnPage" } (this input for $.url.build will evaluate as javascript object)