How to convert text into URL syntax on Python?

I want to convert Python string to URL syntax.

For example

>>> u'한글'.enco开发者_JS百科de('utf-8')
'\xed\x95\x9c\xea\xb8\x80' to '%ed%95%9c%ea%b8%80'

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>>> import urllib2
>>> urllib2.quote('한글')
'%ED%95%9C%EA%B8%80'