How do I url encode in Python?

Question

I tried this: but it doesn't work.

print urllib.urlencode("http://"+SITE_DOMAIN+"/go/")

I want to turn it into a string with url encodings

urlencode() is for converting a sequence (eq tuple) or mapping (eq dict) object to a querystring. For future reference, the Python docs are a really good resource to use: docs.python.org/library/index.html — user35288
– user35288, Commented Mar 23, 2011 at 2:05

Remy Blank · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-22 23:32:43Z

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Were you looking for the quote() or quote_plus() function instead?

>>> urllib.quote("http://spam.com/go/")
'http%3A%2F%2Fspam.com%2Fgo%2F'

answered Mar 22, 2011 at 23:32

Remy Blank

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+1 because quote_plus() is probably the one you'll really be using the most.

For python 3, these functions are in the urllib.parse package (instead of urllib).

The example is not correct for Python2. By default quote in Python2 treats "/" as safe and doesn't encode them.

Andrew Clark · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-22 23:30:56Z

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You are looking for urllib.quote().

answered Mar 22, 2011 at 23:30

Andrew Clark

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