Sometimes, we want to decode a UTF-8 URL string in Python.
In this article, we’ll look at how to decode a UTF-8 URL string in Python.
How to decode a UTF-8 URL string in Python?
To decode a UTF-8 URL string in Python, we can use the unquote function from the urllib.parse module.
For instance, we write:
from urllib.parse import unquote
url = 'example.com?title=%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%8F+%D0%B7%D0%B0%D1%89%D0%B8%D1%82%D0%B0'
decoded = unquote(url)
print(decoded)
to decode the url with unquote and assign the decoded URL string to decoded.
Therefore, decoded is 'example.com?title=правовая+защита'.
Conclusion
To decode a UTF-8 URL string in Python, we can use the unquote function from the urllib.parse module.
