If I have this string in Python, how do I decode it?

Question

s = 'Tara%2520Stiles%2520Living'

How do I turn it into:

Tara Stiles Living

Answer 1

You need to use urllib.unquote, but it appears you need to use it twice:

>>> import urllib
>>> s = 'Tara%2520Stiles%2520Living'
>>> urllib.unquote(urllib.unquote(s))
'Tara Stiles Living'

After unquoting once, your "%2520" turns into "%20", which unquoting again turns into " " (a space).

Answer 2

Use:

urllib.unquote(string)

http://docs.python.org/library/urllib.html