>>The values of some inputs are encoded using html entities.
>>How can I decode a string like "Bessy's cat" in "Bessy's cat"?
>>
>>
>
>this snippet might help:
>
>http://effbot.org/zone/re-sub.htm#strip-html
>
>
Thank you, worked like a charm. :-)
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Laszlo Zsolt Nagy wrote:
> The values of some inputs are encoded using html entities.
> How can I decode a string like "Bessy's cat" in "Bessy's cat"?
this snippet might help:
http://effbot.org/zone/re-sub.htm#strip-html
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Laszlo Zsolt Nagy wrote:
> The values of some inputs are encoded using html entities.
> How can I decode a string like "Bessy's cat" in "Bessy's cat"?
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_frm/thread/819731a536a4c1a2/fce6c2f6c3d46e9c?q=htmlentitydefs&rnum=2#fce6c2f6c3d46e9c
Kent
> Well I don't understand what's encoding the apostrophe as an encoded
> entity anyway. That's only supposed to be done for HTML content, not
> form content.
You are right. I was wrong. The problem was not with quote. It was
reading out the VALUE of an INPUT from HTML source.
> How about an
Laszlo Zsolt Nagy enlightened us with:
> The values of some inputs are encoded using html entities. How can
> I decode a string like "Bessy's cat" in "Bessy's cat"?
This should help:
http://docs.python.org/lib/module-htmlentitydefs.html
Sybren
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Laszlo Zsolt Nagy wrote:
>>
>>
>> See urllib.urlencode(). No idea why they don't include it in urllib2
>> as well, but there you go.
>>
>> >>> from urllib import urlencode
>> >>> urlencode({'a':'& "Simple string"', 'b': '<>[EMAIL PROTECTED]&*()_+='})
>> 'a=%26+%22Simple+string%22
>
>
>See urllib.urlencode(). No idea why they don't include it in urllib2 as
>well, but there you go.
>
> >>> from urllib import urlencode
> >>> urlencode({'a':'& "Simple string"', 'b': '<>[EMAIL PROTECTED]&*()_+='})
>'a=%26+%22Simple+string%22&b=%3C%3E%21%40%23%24%25%5E%26%2A%28%29_%2B%3D'
> >>>
Laszlo Zsolt Nagy wrote:
> Hello,
>
> How can I convert a dictionary into a HTTP POST string?
> I have an example below, but this is not working correctly for special
> characters. (" ' and others). In other words, if I use "Bessy's cat"
> instead of "Bessy" then the http server will parse tha
Laszlo Zsolt Nagy enlightened us with:
> How can I convert a dictionary into a HTTP POST string? I have an
> example below, but this is not working correctly for special
> characters. (" ' and others).
URL-quote it.
> In other words, if I use "Bessy's cat" instead of "Bessy" then the
> http serv
Hello,
How can I convert a dictionary into a HTTP POST string?
I have an example below, but this is not working correctly for special
characters. (" ' and others). In other words, if I use "Bessy's cat"
instead of "Bessy" then the http server will parse that to "Bessy's cat"
Probably the prob
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