URLParse.py

  SAFE_ENCODE_URL_CHARACTERS = ['/', '*']

  import urlparse
  import urllib

  def encode(url):
      if not url.startswith(('//', 'http', 'ftp')):
          url = '//' + url

      frags = list(urlparse.urlparse(url))
      print frags
      frags[2] = urllib.quote(frags[2], safe=''.join(SAFE_ENCODE_URL_CHARACTERS))   # path
      frags[3] = urllib.quote(frags[3])   # params
      # frags[4] = urllib.quote(frags[4])   # query
      frags[5] = ''

      return urlparse.urlunparse(frags)

  print encode('example.com/*')
  print encode('http://julio.biason.net/#/home')
  print encode('http://julio.biason.net/index?page=1')
  print encode('https://juliobiason.ent/images and stuff/?page=1')