URL Encode/Decode from Bash/ZSH using Python 2.7 and Python 3

url_encode_decode.sh

# Add the following in your ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc
# No need to visit urlencoder.org or urldecoder.org!!

# Python 2.7

# >url_encode 'Hello, this is me'
# >=====
#  Hello%2C%20this%20is%20me
url_encode() {
	python -c "import urllib; print '=====\n' + urllib.quote_plus('$1')"
}

# >url_encode 'Hello%2C%20this%20is%20me'
# >=====
#  Hello, this is me
url_decode() {
	python -c "import urllib; print '=====\n' + urllib.unquote_plus('$1')"
}

# Python 3, courtesy https://twitter.com/arion_miles

# >url_encode 'Hello, this is me'
# >=====
#  Hello%2C%20this%20is%20me
url_encode() {
	python3 -c "from urllib.parse import quote_plus; print('='*5, quote_plus('$1'), sep='\n')"
}

# >url_encode 'Hello%2C%20this%20is%20me'
# >=====
#  Hello, this is me
url_decode() {
	python3 -c "from urllib.parse import unquote_plus; print('='*5, unquote_plus('$1'), sep='\n')"
}