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author | Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> | 2001-01-24 06:36:06 (GMT) |
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committer | Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com> | 2001-01-24 06:36:06 (GMT) |
commit | eda28445c075102690710e3775b7f419669eb653 (patch) | |
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documented (new) optional doseq parameter to urlencode.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex b/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex index 7fe68cf..efceb8a 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/liburllib.tex @@ -143,14 +143,16 @@ Like \function{unquote()}, but also replaces plus signs by spaces, as required for unquoting HTML form values. \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{urlencode}{dict} +\begin{funcdesc}{urlencode}{dict\optional{, doseq}} Convert a dictionary to a ``url-encoded'' string, suitable to pass to \function{urlopen()} above as the optional \var{data} argument. This is useful to pass a dictionary of form fields to a \code{POST} request. The resulting string is a series of \code{\var{key}=\var{value}} pairs separated by \character{\&} characters, where both \var{key} and \var{value} are quoted using -\function{quote_plus()} above. +\function{quote_plus()} above. If the optional parameter \var{doseq} is +present and evaluates to true, individual \code{\var{key}=\var{value}} pairs +are generated for each element of the sequence. \end{funcdesc} The public functions \function{urlopen()} and |