How to convert and assign properly an unicode string?

Question

My problem is the following:

I get from a google search query the following unicode string: "Playa de Porc%C3%ADa".
I need to correctly convert "Playa de Porc%C3%ADa" into "Playa de Porcía" to pass that new string to a function that will do another search.
The problem is that the accent "í" is cd ad in Unicode, I have tried to use decode() and encode() in several ways but can't get to the point.

Regards!

Edit: My code is in Python2.

That's not a Unicode string. That's a percent-encoded string (also called URL-encoding). Unicode strings are those you see on every web site, including StackOverflow itself. They don't need special handling which is why I can write `Αυτό Εδώ` or `Playa de Porcía` and know that SO will display it properly without any encoding — Panagiotis Kanavos, Jan 15 '19 at 14:13
Possible duplicate of [Url decode UTF-8 in Python](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16566069/url-decode-utf-8-in-python) — Panagiotis Kanavos, Jan 15 '19 at 14:24

frankegoesdown · Answer 1 · 2019-01-15T14:33:28.470

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That's not a Unicode string. That's a percent-encoded string

for example %20 is a space symbol https://www.url-encode-decode.com/ - online url decoder

python 2 verison

import urllib2
print urllib2.unquote("Playa de Porc%C3%ADa")

python 3 verison

import urllib
urllib.parse.unquote("Playa de Porc%C3%ADa")

code for all versions

try:
    from urllib import unquote
except ImportError:
    from urllib.parse import unquote

print(unquote("Playa de Porc%C3%ADa"))

output

'Playa de Porcía'

edited Jan 15 '19 at 14:33

answered Jan 15 '19 at 14:13

frankegoesdown

You should explain that this URL encoding, not any kind of Unicode string. Otherwise the use of `urllib` won't make a lot of sense – Panagiotis Kanavos Jan 15 '19 at 14:14
Sorry, i should have commented it. My code is in python 2. – javier Jan 15 '19 at 14:17
@javier I added example for python2 – frankegoesdown Jan 15 '19 at 14:20

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