convert string to http string format

Question

i need to make and api request and i need to convert a strin like:

"hello i am a special string + i contain special characters?"

into a request format like:

"hello%20i%20am%20a%20special ... ecc"

does python has a library to help me out?

this is my code:

import http.client
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("address:port")
conn.request(method="GET", url="/my/target/site?info1=this needs to be converted&info2=also this???", headers=headers)

thanks

@jon I think if there are special characters like =, >, it should also be converted — hedy, Aug 15 '20 at 23:59
is that what you are looking for? https://stackoverflow.com/questions/5607551/how-to-urlencode-a-querystring-in-python — kareem_emad, Aug 15 '20 at 23:59
@Hedy my idea is that you do split() and then join() function for each special character that you want to endcode but ink how effecient is that — Jon Nezbit, Aug 16 '20 at 00:01

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 16 '20 at 00:02

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Like in How to convert a url string to safe characters with python? And How to urlencode a querystring in Python?

You can use

import urllib
urllib.parse.quote_plus('string here')

answered Aug 16 '20 at 00:02

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