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How to encode/escape unicode text in Python3?

How can I create unicode entities out of python3 string objects?

Having smt _ 1 #, I want to generate smt%20_%201%20%23

Solution

  • Use quote from urllib.parse:

    >>> from urrlib.parse import quote
>>> quote('smt _ 1 #')
'smt%20_%201%20%23'

    Since you aren't dealing with a url, you don't seem to need to specify any safe characters. If you'd also require / to be escaped, pass safe='' to quote.