How to translate url encoded string python

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This code is supposed to download a list of pdfs into a directory

for pdf in preTag:
    pdfUrl = "https://the-eye.eu/public/Books/Programming/" + 
    pdf.get("href")
    print("Downloading...%s"% pdfUrl)
    #downloading pdf from url
    page = requests.get(pdfUrl)
    page.raise_for_status()

    #saving pdf to new directory
    pdfFile = open(os.path.join(filePath, os.path.basename(pdfUrl)), "wb")
    for chunk in page.iter_content(1000000):
        pdfFile.write(chunk)
pdfFile.close()

I used os.path.basename() just to make sure the files would actually download. However, I want to know how to change the file name from 3D%20Printing%20Blueprints%20%5BeBook%5D.pdf to something like "3D Printing Blueprints.pdf"

Hello, i think you should edit your question. If you want an information about manipulating strings or changing the name of a file, we really do not need to know all your code. Please take one minute to read this : How to create a Minimal, Complete, and Verifiable example — cdrom
– cdrom, Commented Apr 24, 2018 at 22:11

TheoretiCAL · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-24 22:16:46Z

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You can use the urllib2 unquote function:

import urllib2
print urllib2.unquote("3D%20Printing%20Blueprints%20%5BeBook%5D.pdf") #3D Printing Blueprints.pdf

answered Apr 24, 2018 at 22:16

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Hasher · Accepted Answer · 2018-04-29 05:24:16Z

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use this:

os.rename("3D%20Printing%20Blueprints%20%5BeBook%5D.pdf", "3D Printing Blueprints.pdf")

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edited Apr 29, 2018 at 5:24

answered Apr 24, 2018 at 22:19

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