import urllib from django.utils.encoding import smart_str, force_unicode from django.utils.functional import allow_lazy def urlquote(url, safe='/'): """ A version of Python's urllib.quote() function that can operate on unicode strings. The url is first UTF-8 encoded before quoting. The returned string can safely be used as part of an argument to a subsequent iri_to_uri() call without double-quoting occurring. """ return force_unicode(urllib.quote(smart_str(url), safe)) urlquote = allow_lazy(urlquote, unicode) def urlquote_plus(url, safe=''): """ A version of Python's urllib.quote_plus() function that can operate on unicode strings. The url is first UTF-8 encoded before quoting. The returned string can safely be used as part of an argument to a subsequent iri_to_uri() call without double-quoting occurring. """ return force_unicode(urllib.quote_plus(smart_str(url), safe)) urlquote_plus = allow_lazy(urlquote_plus, unicode) def urlencode(query, doseq=0): """ A version of Python's urllib.urlencode() function that can operate on unicode strings. The parameters are first case to UTF-8 encoded strings and then encoded as per normal. """ if hasattr(query, 'items'): query = query.items() return urllib.urlencode( [(smart_str(k), isinstance(v, (list,tuple)) and [smart_str(i) for i in v] or smart_str(v)) for k, v in query], doseq)