Python and urllib2: how to make a GET request with parameters

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Is urllib.urlencode() not enough?

>>> import urllib
>>> urllib.urlencode({'foo': 'bar', 'bla': 'blah'})
foo=bar&bla=blah

EDIT:

You can also update the existing url:

  >>> import urlparse, urlencode
  >>> url_dict = urlparse.parse_qs('a=b&c=d')
  >>> url_dict
  {'a': ['b'], 'c': ['d']}
  >>> url_dict['a'].append('x')
  >>> url_dict
  {'a': ['b', 'x'], 'c': ['d']}
  >>> urllib.urlencode(url_dict, True)
  'a=b&a=x&c=d'

Note that parse_qs function was in cgi package before Python 2.6

EDIT 23/04/2012:

You can also take a look at python-requests – it should kill urllibs eventually 🙂

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