[Zope] URL quoting in python

[Kapil Thangavelu]

Thanks for the tip Duncan,

I find it strange that this utility function is not in the _ namepace...
time to make a trip to the Tracker. It seems like a url-encoding
function should be directly accessible from zope.

Thanks

Kapil

Duncan Booth wrote:
> 
> > I often create an external method for this...
> >
> > em:
> >
> > def url_quote(s):
> >    import urllib
> >    return urllib.quote_plus(s, safe='')
> >
> > Silly, but it works.
> >
> > I think the alternative is to hack the DT_Util.py module in the
> > DocumentTemplate directory to expose urllib or a derived function.
> 
> Isn't an external method a bit overkill? It is possible to just create a
> DTML Method called url_quote where the body is:
> <dtml-var s url_quote>
> 
> (making sure there is no whitespace before this line, and no
> newline after it.)
> 
> Then from any other DTML method you just call it remembering to
> pass in the parameter by name.
> 
> e.g.
>  <dtml-call
> "RESPONSE.redirect(URL1+'?foo_bar='+url_quote(s=ufoobar))">
> 
> --
> Duncan Booth                                             duncan@dales.rmplc.co.uk
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> http://dales.rmplc.co.uk/Duncan
> 
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