# tinker_cookbook.tokenizer_utils.encode_without_special_tokens

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### [**tinker_cookbook.tokenizer_utils.encode_without_special_tokens**](https://github.com/thinking-machines-lab/tinker-cookbook/blob/8486b8df2fc32e9713cf96dd5f75d43c7ef70a17/tinker_cookbook/tokenizer_utils.py#L89)(*tokenizer*, *text*)

Encode raw text without adding model-level BOS/EOS tokens.

**Parameters:**

- [**tokenizer**](https://github.com/thinking-machines-lab/tinker-cookbook/blob/8486b8df2fc32e9713cf96dd5f75d43c7ef70a17/tinker_cookbook/tokenizer_utils.py#L90) (*Tokenizer | [SupportsEncodeOrdinary](https://tinker-docs.thinkingmachines.ai/cookbook/api-reference/tokenizer_utils/supportsencodeordinary/index.md)*)
- [**text**](https://github.com/thinking-machines-lab/tinker-cookbook/blob/8486b8df2fc32e9713cf96dd5f75d43c7ef70a17/tinker_cookbook/tokenizer_utils.py#L90) (*str*)

**Returns:** *list[int]*