Addendum, these examples illustrate what the use of encode and quote is
doing for us in the legacy python...
from urllib.parse import quote
myString = "/Ted \\Las$o & Roy Kent, @ AFC Richmond, öööö !"
print(myString) # result is /Ted \Las$o & Roy Kent, @ AFC Richmond, öööö !
myString_quoted = quote(myString)
print(myString_quoted) # result is
/Ted%20%5CLas%24o%20%26%20Roy%20Kent%2C%20%40%20AFC%20Richmond%2C%20%C3%B6%C3%B6%C3%B6%C3%B6%20%21
myString_encoded = myString.encode('utf8')
print(myString_encoded) # result is b'/Ted \\Las$o & Roy Kent, @ AFC
Richmond, \xc3\xb6\xc3\xb6\xc3\xb6\xc3\xb6 !'
myString_encoded_then_quoted = quote(myString.encode('utf8'))
print(myString_encoded_then_quoted) # result is same as when we just
quote(myString)
myString_quoted_then_encoded = quote(myString).encode('utf8')
print(myString_quoted_then_encoded) # result is
b'/Ted%20%5CLas%24o%20%26%20Roy%20Kent%2C%20%40%20AFC%20Richmond%2C%20%C3%B6%C3%B6%C3%B6%C3%B6%20%21'
On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 6:24 AM James McMahon <jsmcmah...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello. I am new to groovy, assigned an effort to convert legacy python
> scripts to groovy replacements. We are doing this in an effort to decouple
> from dependencies on the jython engine in NiFi for scripts we run from its
> ExecuteScript processor.
>
> In one of these python scripts, this gets done to an encoded string that
> represents a disk file path:
>
> import urllib
> .
> .
> .
> result['fileURL'] = urllib.quote(temp_result['fileURL'].encode('utf8'))
>
> Based on my initial research (though very limited understanding), it
> appears that the urllib.quote() is intended to quote reserved characters in
> a path. I haven't been able to find the function that serves an equivalent
> purpose in Groovy. Can anyone show me how this should be accomplished?
>
> I should add that I have successfully replaced the python dictionary
> structures you see above and calls to manipulate the same with Groovy Map
> operations.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help. - Jim
>
