url Element 

<url> Element

Specifies a URL for the button to search, or for a browser destination for a shortcut. For example,

<url href="https://msnbc.msn.com/?search=MSNBC&amp;q={query}&amp;id=11881780&amp;FORM=AE&amp;os=0&amp;gs=1&amp;p=1" />

Attributes

href

Text of the URL. The URL must start with either https:// or https://. When specifying a search target, include a {query} variable at the end of the URL so that the button incorporates the search string into the URL.

encoding

Format of any strings in the URL, especially the string retrieved by the {query} or {options} variables. The default is utf-8.

method

Action to take with the URL. The default is get (retrieve the page at the specified address). The alternative method is post (send query information to the specified search engine). In the case of the post method, all of the text in the URL that follows the last question mark (?) is treated as query information to be posted.

Remarks

Optional. You can use the <url> element with the <searches> or <shortcuts> elements. Each of these elements may contain up to five <url> elements.

Important   If your custom button will be distributed internationally, make sure that you have properly encoded the character set for the {query} variable. For more information, see String Encoding for Button Variables.

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