urlib.quote gives KeyError in Python 2.4.4 but workin 2.3.5

[nyenyec]

urllib.quote chokes on unicode in 2.4.4.

>>print sys.version

2.4.4 (#1, Oct 18 2006, 10:34:39)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5341)]

>>urllib.quote(u"\xe9")

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4//lib/python2.4/urllib.py",
line 1117, in quote
res = map(safe_map.__getitem__, s)
KeyError: u'\xe9'

but it seems to work in Python 2.3.5

Python 2.3.5 (#1, Aug 19 2006, 21:31:42)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>import sys, urllib
print sys.version

2.3.5 (#1, Aug 19 2006, 21:31:42)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)]

>>urllib.quote(u'\xe9')

'%E9'

Is this a known bug?

What's the workaround?

Thanks,
nyenyec

[nyenyec]

encode seems to solve my problem:

>>urllib.quote(u'\xe9'.encode('utf-8'))

'%C3%A9'

Cheers,
nyenyec

nyenyec wrote:

urllib.quote chokes on unicode in 2.4.4.

>print sys.version

2.4.4 (#1, Oct 18 2006, 10:34:39)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5341)]

>urllib.quote(u"\xe9")

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File
"/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.4//lib/python2.4/urllib.py",
line 1117, in quote
res = map(safe_map.__getitem__, s)
KeyError: u'\xe9'

but it seems to work in Python 2.3.5

Python 2.3.5 (#1, Aug 19 2006, 21:31:42)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>import sys, urllib
print sys.version

2.3.5 (#1, Aug 19 2006, 21:31:42)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)]

>urllib.quote(u'\xe9')

'%E9'

Is this a known bug?

What's the workaround?

Thanks,
nyenyec

[Gabriel Genellina]

On 7 ene, 15:48, "nyenyec" <[e-mail]:

urllib.quote chokes on unicode in 2.4.4.

>>urllib.quote(u"\xe9")

KeyError: u'\xe9'

but it seems to work in Python 2.3.5

Is this a known bug?

See some recent posts about "urllib.unquote and unicode"

--
Gabriel Genellina

[Duncan Booth]

"nyenyec" <ny*****@gmail.comwrote:

but it seems to work in Python 2.3.5

Python 2.3.5 (#1, Aug 19 2006, 21:31:42)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>>import sys, urllib
print sys.version

2.3.5 (#1, Aug 19 2006, 21:31:42)
[GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5363)]

>>>urllib.quote(u'\xe9')

'%E9'

'seems to' is correct: it should *probably* have given you '%C3%E9'.

>
Is this a known bug?

What's the workaround?

UTF-8 encode the url before quoting it.

*Some* web servers may not expect utf-8 encoding. utf-8 is the recommended
encoding, but unfortunately it isn't actually required, so a few (mostly
old) servers may expect something else. If so, use the appropriate encoding
for the server.