How to remove %20 from the file path?

Question

file:///home/ashu/Music/Collections/randomPicks/ipod%20on%20sep%2009/Coldplay-Sparks.mp3

How can I convert a string like the above to get the normal file path which I can pass to open() function?

Answer 1

Have a look at url2pathname:

import urllib2

path = urllib2.url2pathname("file:///home/ashu/Music/Collections/randomPicks/ipod%20on%20sep%2009/Coldplay-Sparks.mp3")

Answer 2

This is called unquote. Avaiable from urllib.

import urllib
urllib.unquote('%20')