Python_Convert_string_to_URL.md

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Tags: #python #urllib #string #url #convert #library

Author: Florent Ravenel

Description: This notebook will show how to convert a string to a URL using urllib.

References:

• urllib documentation
• Python 3 Tutorial - String to URL

Input

Import libraries

import urllib.parse

Setup Variables

• string: string to be converted to URL

string = "This is a string"

Model

Convert string to URL

The quote() function replaces special characters in the string with their percent-encoded equivalent, which is necessary for URLs. The resulting URL can be used in your Python code or in a web browser.
Note that if you need to convert the URL back to a string, you can use the unquote()

url = urllib.parse.quote(string)

Output

Display result

print(url)