Python3 - URL Encode

python3-urlencode.py

# - Usage
# ex1)
# python3 url_encode.py "Blah~ Blah~"
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# ex2)
# python3 url_encode.py "/path/to/directory/example.txt"
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# - RefURL
# https://gist.github.com/Paradoxis/6336c2eaea20a591dd36bb1f5e227da2
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
from argparse import ArgumentParser
from sys import stdin, stdout, argv
from urllib.parse import quote as url_encode


def aggressive_url_encode(string):
    return "".join("%{:02x}".format(ord(char)) for char in string)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    parser = ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument("-a", "--agressive", help="Forcibly encode every character rather than non-url safe characters", action="store_true")
    parser.add_argument("string", nargs="*")
    args = parser.parse_args()

    if args.agressive:
        if args.string:
            print(aggressive_url_encode(" ".join(args.string)), end='\n')
        else:
            print(aggressive_url_encode(stdin.read()[:-1]), end='\n')
    else:
        if args.string:
            print(url_encode(" ".join(args.string)), end='\n')
        else:
            print(url_encode(stdin.read()[:-1]), end='\n')