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Reputation: 272274

How do I url unencode in Python?

Given this:
It%27s%20me%21

Unencode it and turn it into regular text?

Upvotes: 13

Views: 5683

Answers (3)

John La Rooy
John La Rooy

Reputation: 304463

in python2

>>> import urlparse
>>> urlparse.unquote('It%27s%20me%21')
"It's me!"

In python3

>>> import urllib.parse
>>> urllib.parse.unquote('It%27s%20me%21')
"It's me!"

Upvotes: 23

JAL
JAL

Reputation: 21563

Use the unquote method from urllib.

>>> from urllib import unquote
>>> unquote('It%27s%20me%21')
"It's me!"

Upvotes: 5

Pace
Pace

Reputation: 43937

Take a look at urllib.unquote and urllib.unquote_plus. That will address your problem. Technically though url "encoding" is the process of passing arguments into a url with the & and ? characters (e.g. www.foo.com?x=11&y=12).

Upvotes: 12

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