diff --git a/apps/api/src/__tests__/snips/url-validation/special-characters.test.ts b/apps/api/src/__tests__/snips/url-validation/special-characters.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c91ce007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/api/src/__tests__/snips/url-validation/special-characters.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { url } from "../../../controllers/v1/types";
+import { describe, it, expect } from "@jest/globals";
+
+describe("URL Schema Validation with Special Characters", () => {
+  it("should handle URLs with special characters in query parameters", () => {
+    const testUrl = "https://www.boulanger.com/c/nav-filtre/televiseur?_merchant_des~boulanger|brand~lg";
+    
+    expect(() => url.parse(testUrl)).not.toThrow();
+    
+    const parsedUrl = url.parse(testUrl);
+    expect(parsedUrl).toContain("_merchant_des%7Eboulanger%7Cbrand%7Elg");
+  });
+
+  it("should preserve URL structure when encoding special characters", () => {
+    const testUrl = "https://example.com/path?param1=value1&param2=value~with|special&param3=normal";
+    
+    expect(() => url.parse(testUrl)).not.toThrow();
+    
+    const parsedUrl = url.parse(testUrl);
+    expect(parsedUrl).toContain("example.com/path?");
+    expect(parsedUrl).toContain("param1=value1");
+    expect(parsedUrl).toContain("param2=value%7Ewith%7Cspecial");
+    expect(parsedUrl).toContain("param3=normal");
+  });
+
+  it("should handle URLs with already encoded special characters", () => {
+    const testUrl = "https://example.com/path?param=value%7Eencoded";
+    
+    expect(() => url.parse(testUrl)).not.toThrow();
+    
+    const parsedUrl = url.parse(testUrl);
+    expect(parsedUrl).toContain("param=value%7Eencoded");
+  });
+});
diff --git a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
index 0ae2acc3..1a39037a 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/controllers/v1/types.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,18 @@ export type Format =
 export const url = z.preprocess(
   (x) => {
     if (!protocolIncluded(x as string)) {
-      return `http://${x}`;
+      x = `http://${x}`;
     }
+    
+    try {
+      const urlObj = new URL(x as string);
+      if (urlObj.search) {
+        const searchParams = new URLSearchParams(urlObj.search.substring(1));
+        return `${urlObj.origin}${urlObj.pathname}?${searchParams.toString()}`;
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+    }
+    
     return x;
   },
   z