# Onebox links with ampersands don't encode correctly

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-links-with-ampersands-dont-encode-correctly/69528
**Category:** Bug
**Created:** [September 7, 2017, 6:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-links-with-ampersands-dont-encode-correctly/69528 "2017-09-07T06:39:14Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Chopper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/chopper/32/57073_2.png) [@Chopper](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Chopper)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2017, 6:39am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-links-with-ampersands-dont-encode-correctly/69528/1 "2017-09-07T06:39:15Z")

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Hello,  
Is this a bug related to discourse or not ?

I try to past this link `https://starcitizen.fr/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=7068&p=106852#p106852`, but the onebox encode the `&` and the link is broken

[https://starcitizen.fr/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=7068&p=106852#p106852](https://starcitizen.fr/Forum/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=7068&p=106852#p106852)

Thanks

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### Author: ![cpradio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/cpradio/32/4970_2.png) [@cpradio](https://meta.discourse.org/u/cpradio)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2017, 10:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-links-with-ampersands-dont-encode-correctly/69528/2 "2017-09-07T10:15:09Z")

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See also  
[https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-incorrectly-encodes-urls/61542](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-incorrectly-encodes-urls/61542)

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### Author: ![jomaxro](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/jomaxro/32/126216_2.png) [@jomaxro](https://meta.discourse.org/u/jomaxro)
#### Post date: [September 7, 2017, 5:04pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/onebox-links-with-ampersands-dont-encode-correctly/69528/3 "2017-09-07T17:04:25Z")

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