If I have this string in Python, how do I decode it?

s = 'Tara%2520Stiles%2520Living'

How do I turn it into:

Tar开发者_C百科a Stiles Living

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You need to use urllib.unquote, but it appears you need to use it twice:

>>> import urllib
>>> s = 'Tara%2520Stiles%2520Living'
>>> urllib.unquote(urllib.unquote(s))
'Tara Stiles Living'

After unquoting once, your "%2520" turns into "%20", which unquoting again turns into " " (a space).

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Use:

urllib.unquote(string)

http://docs.python.org/library/urllib.html

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>>> import urllib
>>> s = 'Tara%2520Stiles%2520Living'
>>> t=urllib.unquote_plus(s)
>>> print t
Tara%20Stiles%20Living
>>> urllib.unquote_plus(t)
'Tara Stiles Living'
>>>

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import urllib

s = 'Tara%2520Stiles%2520Living'
t=''
while s<>t: s,t=t,urllib.unquote(s)

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If you are using Python you should use urllib.parse.unquote(url) like the following code :

import urllib
url = "http://url-with-quoted-char:%3Cspan%3E%20%3C/span%3E"
print(url)
print(urllib.parse.unquote(url))

This code will output the following :

>>> print(url)
http://url-with-quoted-char:%3Cspan%3E%20%3C/span%3E
>>> print(urllib.parse.unquote(url))
http://url-with-quoted-char:<span> </span>