>> I came across a javascript library that returns all sorts of html >> codes in the cookies it sets and I need my web framework (written in >> python :)) to decode them. I'm aware of htmlentitydefs but >> htmlentitydefs.entitydefs.keys( ) are of the form '&#xxx' but this >> javascript library uses stuff like '%3A' for the ':' for example. The >> conversion is here: >> >> http://www.ascii.cl/htmlcodes.htm >> >> Is there a python package/module/whatever that does the conversion for >> me or do I have to write a little wrapper myself (and introduce bugs >> while doing so :))? > >>>> import urllib >>>> urllib.quote("Löblich ähnlich üblich") > 'L%C3%B6blich%20%C3%A4hnlich%20%C3%BCblich' >>>> urllib.unquote(_) > 'L\xc3\xb6blich \xc3\xa4hnlich \xc3\xbcblich' >>>> print _ > Löblich ähnlich üblich > > If you care about the encoding you have to encode/decode explicitly: > >>>> urllib.quote(u"Löblich ähnlich üblich".encode("latin1")) > 'L%F6blich%20%E4hnlich%20%FCblich' >>>> urllib.unquote(_).decode("latin1") > u'L\xf6blich \xe4hnlich \xfcblich'
Thanks a lot guys! Cheers, Daniel -- Psss, psss, put it down! - http://www.cafepress.com/putitdown -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list