html codes

[Matt Nordhoff]

Daniel Fetchinson wrote:
> Hi folks,
> 
> I came across a javascript library that returns all sorts of html
> codes in the cookies it sets and I need my web framework (written in
> python :)) to decode them. I'm aware of htmlentitydefs but
> htmlentitydefs.entitydefs.keys( ) are of the form '&#xxx' but this
> javascript library uses stuff like '%3A' for the ':' for example. The
> conversion is here:
> 
> http://www.ascii.cl/htmlcodes.htm
> 
> Is there a python package/module/whatever that does the conversion for
> me or do I have to write a little wrapper myself (and introduce bugs
> while doing so :))?
> 
> Cheers,
> Daniel

>>> import urllib
>>> urllib.unquote('%20')
' '

<http://docs.python.org/library/urllib.html#utility-functions>
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