How to urlencode a querystring in Python

Question

I want to urlencode this string before I submit.

queryString = 'eventName=' + evt.fields["eventName"] + '&' + 'eventDescription=' + evt.fields["eventDescription"];

Can someone help me on this?

Answer 1

Just pass your parameters into urlencode() like:

>>> import urllib

>>> f = { 'eventName' : 'myEvent', 'eventDescription' : 'cool event'}

>>> urllib.urlencode(f)

'eventName=myEvent&eventDescription=cool+event'

For Python 3 or above

Use:

>>> urllib.parse.urlencode(f)

eventName=myEvent&eventDescription=cool+event

I hope this helps.