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Asked: 2026-05-20T00:19:50+00:00

I need to url encode foreign names, like Misère. When I do: urllib2.quote(name) I

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I need to url encode foreign names, like “Misère”.

When I do:

urllib2.quote(name)

I get a the error:

File "/System/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/
2.5/lib/python2.5/urllib.py", line 1205, in quote
    res = map(safe_map.__getitem__, s)
KeyError: u'\xe8'

What am I doing wrong?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Try:

    urllib2.quote(s.encode('utf8'))
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