URL Encode A String In Python

September 2021

This code encodes (aka quotes) a string for use in a url query string path:

import urllib.parse

string = "The quick brown fox"
url_string = urllib.parse.quote(string)

print(url_string)

Output:

The%20quick%20brown%20fox

There is also this one which uses + for spaces instead of `%20`:

import urllib.parse

string = "The quick brown fox"
url_string = urllib.parse.quote_plus(string)

print(url_string)

Output:

The+quick+brown+fox

More details in the docs:

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