In order to encode a string or a URL in Ruby, you can use the <a href="https://ruby-doc.org/stdlib-3.0.0/libdoc/cgi/rdoc/CGI/Util.html#method-i-escape" title="CGI::Escape">CGI::Escape</a> method. This method will escape or encode the string or URL in Ruby.
<h4>How to encode a string or a URL in RUBY</h4>
<div class="remark-highlight"><pre class="language-ruby"><code class="language-ruby">require 'cgi'

url_encoded_string = CGI.escape("Enc@de my Str!ng in @Ruby")

puts url_encoded_string
</code></pre></div>
Output:
<div class="remark-highlight"><pre class="language-ruby"><code class="language-ruby"># Output
Enc%40de%20my%20Str%21ng%20in%20%40Ruby
</code></pre></div>
Related Encoding techniques:
<ul>
<li><a href="/blog/url-encoder-decoder/url-encoding-with-javascript" title="URL encoding with Javascript">URL encoding with Javascript</a></li>
<li><a href="/blog/url-encoder-decoder/url-encoding-with-python" title="URL encoding with Python">URL encoding with Python</a></li>
<li><a href="/blog/url-encoder-decoder/url-encoding-with-ruby" title="URL encoding with Ruby">URL encoding with Ruby</a></li>
<li><a href="/blog/url-encoder-decoder/url-encoding-with-java" title="URL encoding with Java">URL encoding with Java</a></li>
<li><a href="/blog/url-encoder-decoder/url-encoding-with-golang" title="URL encoding with Golang">URL encoding with Golang</a></li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
There are many applications that require you to encode your URL into a format that the systems can understand. If you wish to encode a URL, check out our <a href="/url-encoder" title="Free online URL Encoder">free online URL Encoder.</a>
Some systems communicate with encoded URLs, so you may need to decode a URL. If you want to decode a URL online, we have our <a href="/url-decoder" title="Free online URL Decoder">free online URL Decoder.</a>
</blockquote>

Tools Coverters

URL encoding with Ruby

How to encode a string or a URL in RUBY