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python3 requests use quote instead of quote_plus

I use Python 3 and the requests module/library for querying a REST service.

It seems that requests by default uses urllib.parse.quote_plus() for urlencoding, i.e. spaces are converted to +.

However the REST service I query misinterpretes this as and. So I need to encode spaces as %20, i.e. use urllib.parse.quote() instead.

Is there an easy way to do this with requests? I couldn't find any option in the documentation.

Solution

  • It turns out you can! 

    from requests.utils import requote_uri
url = "https://www.somerandom.com/?name=Something Cool"
requote_uri(url)

'https://www.somerandom.com/?name=Something%20Cool'

    documentation here The requote_uri method is about halfway down the page.