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URL Encoding and Decoding in Python

Author: Mohan Ganesan

Date: Feb 6, 2024

URL encoding/decoding in Python using urllib.parse. quote() encodes special characters like spaces as %20, while unquote() decodes them. Useful for building and parsing URLs.

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