Transform URL string into normal string in Python (%20 to space etc)

Question

Is there any way in Python to transform this %CE%B1%CE%BB%20 into this αλ which is its real representation?

Answer 1

For python 2:

>>> import urllib2 >>> print urllib2.unquote("%CE%B1%CE%BB%20") αλ  

For python 3:

>>> from urllib.parse import unquote >>> print(unquote("%CE%B1%CE%BB%20")) αλ 

And here's code that works in all versions:

try:     from urllib import unquote except ImportError:     from urllib.parse import unquote  print(unquote("%CE%B1%CE%BB%20"))