skip slash in string url python

Question

I am using python requests to connect to a website. I am passing some strings to get data about them.

The problem is some string contains slash /, so when they are passed in url, I got a ValueError.

this is my url:

https://api.flipkart.net/sellers/skus/%s/listings % string

when string is passed (string that does not contain slash), I get:

https://api.flipkart.net/sellers/skus/A35-Charry-228_39/listings

It returns a valid response. but when i pass string which contains a slash:

string = "L20-ORG/BLUE-109(38)"

I get url like:

https://api.flipkart.net/sellers/skus/L20-ORG/BLUE-109(38)/listings

Which throws the error.

how to solve this?

what does your function look like?

ptierno
– ptierno

2015-09-25 09:19:13 +00:00
Commented Sep 25, 2015 at 9:19 — ptierno
– ptierno, Commented Sep 25, 2015 at 9:19

Diogo Rocha · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-25 09:21:31Z

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Raw string literals in Python

string = r"L20-ORG/BLUE-109(38)"

You could find more info here and here.

answered Sep 25, 2015 at 9:21

Diogo Rocha

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams Over a year ago

I believe you may have misunderstood the question.

Manish Gupta Over a year ago

Not working. It still isn't skipping the slash in url

Serge Ballesta · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-25 09:53:52Z

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urllib.quote_plus is your friend. As urllib is a module from the standard library, you just have to import it with import urllib.

If you want to be conservative, just use it with default value:

string = urllib.quote_plus("L20-ORG/BLUE-109(38)")

gives 'L20-ORG%2FBLUE-109%2838%29'

If you know that some characters are harmless for your use case (say parentheses):

string = urllib.quote_plus("L20-ORG/BLUE-109(38)", '()')

gives 'L20-ORG%2FBLUE-109(38)'

edited Sep 25, 2015 at 9:53

answered Sep 25, 2015 at 9:37

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Manish Gupta Over a year ago

giving urllib is not defined

Serge Ballesta Over a year ago

@ManishGupta: urllib is a module from python standard library. Just add import urrlib before using it. (post edited accordingly)

Manish Gupta Over a year ago

I did that but it didn't work. Its just encoding them but in url it doesn't matter if you use encoded chars or slash

Serge Ballesta Over a year ago

@ManishGupta: What is the error when the url is built with https://api.flipkart.net/sellers/skus/%s/listings % urllib.quote_plus(string)?

Manish Gupta Over a year ago

I used this string : "L20-ORG/BLUE-109(38)". The resulting url: https://api.flipkart.net/sellers/skus/L20-ORG%2FBLUE-109%2838%29/listings. And it threw ValueError. Its because url formed is wrong.

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