Best way to convert a Unicode URL to ASCII (UTF-8 percent-escaped) in Python?

Question

I\'m wondering what\'s the best way -- or if there\'s a simple way with the standard library -- to convert a URL with Unicode chars in the domain name and path to the equiva

Answer 1

the code given by MizardX isnt 100% correct. This example wont work:

example.com/folder/?page=2

check out django.utils.encoding.iri_to_uri() to convert unicode URL to ASCII urls.

http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/unicode/