How to convert utf-8 values within a string to its correct character using python?

Question

I would like to convert 'Lawrence_Warbasse_-_Dauphin%C3%A9_2013.JPG' to 'Lawrence_Warbasse_-_Dauphiné_2013.JPG' usig python

Answer 1

You can use urllib to decode this:

import urllib
url = 'Lawrence_Warbasse_-_Dauphin%C3%A9_2013.JPG'
print urllib.unquote(url).decode('utf8')

The output I get is:

Lawrence_Warbasse_-_Dauphiné_2013.JPG