How Do I URL Encode a Query String in Python?

URL Encoding Query Strings in Python

Question:

I want to URL encode a query string before submitting it. How can I do this in Python?

Answer:

In Python, you can use the urllib.quote_plus() function to URL encode a string. This function replaces special characters in the string with their percent-encoded equivalents.

Example:

queryString = 'eventName=' + evt.fields["eventName"] + '&' + 'eventDescription=' + evt.fields["eventDescription"]

safe_string = urllib.quote_plus(queryString)

This will encode any special characters in the queryString variable and store the result in safe_string.

Note:

In Python 3, the urllib package has been split into smaller modules. To use quote_plus in Python 3, you need to import the urllib.parse module and use urllib.parse.quote_plus().

Example:

import urllib.parse

queryString = 'eventName=' + evt.fields["eventName"] + '&' + 'eventDescription=' + evt.fields["eventDescription"]

safe_string = urllib.parse.quote_plus(queryString)

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