How can I normalize a URL in python
Have a look at this module: werkzeug.utils. (now in werkzeug.urls) The function you are looking for is called “url_fix” and works like this: >>> from werkzeug.urls import url_fix >>> url_fix(u’http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf (Begriffsklärung)’) ‘http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf%20%28Begriffskl%C3%A4rung%29′ It’s implemented in Werkzeug as follows: import urllib import urlparse def url_fix(s, charset=”utf-8″): “””Sometimes you get an URL by a user that just … Read more