How to write URLs in Latex?

Question

How do you write a URL in Latex?

The subscripts and everything else make the font look very strange when it compiles.

Plus if there are any `_`s in your URLs, Latex will not be nice to you. — Charles Stewart, May 24 '10 at 13:14

zs2020 · Answer 1 · 2014-02-05T00:38:56.550

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You can use \url

\usepackage{hyperref}
\url{http://stackoverflow.com/}

edited Feb 05 '14 at 00:38

answered May 24 '10 at 04:20

zs2020

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Is there a way to escape special characters like `&` or `_` automatically, when its part of the url? Those characters are often getting used in URLs as separator for dynamic values. – gies0r Mar 12 '19 at 23:56
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Much better: `\href{https://example.com}{links label}` – Shital Shah Apr 12 '20 at 04:56
it doesnt show the second tag \url, what to do? – Gaurav Jul 12 '20 at 22:59

score 60 · Answer 2 · answered May 24 '10 at 04:42

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You just need to escape characters that have special meaning: # $ % & ~ _ ^ \ { }

So

http://stack_overflow.com/~foo%20bar#link

would be

http://stack\_overflow.com/\~foo\%20bar\#link

answered May 24 '10 at 04:42

Gabe

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The `\verb` command is much less work than that! – Charles Stewart May 24 '10 at 13:21
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The only problem with `\verb` is that it uses a typewriter font. I would have suggested `\verbatim` if that's what he asked for. – Gabe May 24 '10 at 13:52
As Gabe and Charles point out, the hyperref package is very good at wrapping URLs that would otherwise cause unsightly overfull hboxes. – Neil Steiner Jul 14 '15 at 00:00
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This does not work correctly for me. For example, `\url{https://asdfg.com\#123}` produces `#` in text, however, the actual link it produces is `https://asdfg.com%23123`. – MaxPowers Aug 02 '20 at 13:23

score 49 · Answer 3 · edited Feb 23 '15 at 10:57

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Here is all the information you need in order to format clickable hyperlinks in LaTeX:

Essentially, you use the hyperref package and use the \url or \href tag depending on what you're trying to achieve.

edited Feb 23 '15 at 10:57

Matthias Braun

answered May 24 '10 at 04:21

mandaleeka

score 29 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 06 '15 at 18:22

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A minimalist implementation of the \url macro that uses only Tex primitives:

\def\url#1{\expandafter\string\csname #1\endcsname}

This url absolutely won't break over lines, though; the hypperef package is better for that.

edited Mar 06 '15 at 18:22

Jealie

answered May 24 '10 at 13:20

Charles Stewart

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