I've got a string from an HTTP header, but it's been escaped.. what function can I use to unescape it?
myemail%40gmail.com -> myemail@gmail.com
Would urllib.unquote() be the way to go?
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A:
I am pretty sure that urllib's unquote is the common way of doing this.
>>> import urllib
>>> urllib.unquote("myemail%40gmail.com")
'myemail@gmail.com'
There's also unquote_plus:
Like unquote(), but also replaces plus signs by spaces, as required for unquoting HTML form values.
Paolo Bergantino
2009-04-23 04:41:14
K, just wanted to make sure.. I hate using a function that appears to do the job, but ends up only working with a few examples that I did and breaking with real world vars. heh.Then it becomes impossible to track down the problem.. :P
Ian
2009-04-23 04:59:45
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A:
Yes, it appears that urllib.unquote() accomplishes that task. (I tested it against your example on codepad.)
las3rjock
2009-04-23 04:42:59