Laszlo Zsolt Nagy enlightened us with:
> How can I convert a dictionary into a HTTP POST string? I have an
> example below, but this is not working correctly for special
> characters. (" ' and others).
URL-quote it.
> In other words, if I use "Bessy's cat" instead of "Bessy" then the
> http server will parse that to "Bessy's cat"
The HTTP server won't perform HTML-quoting out of thin air.
> Probably the problem is that I should not use urllib.quote but
> something else.
URL-quoting is the right thing to do:
In [1]: import urllib
In [2]: urllib.quote("Bessy's cat")
Out[2]: 'Bessy%27s%20cat'
If you want to give yourself an example of how it's done, run a
network sniffer and post something to a website.
Sybren
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