urllib.urlencode() does not explain how to handle unicode

[ThomasGttler]

BPO	26433
Nosy	@serhiy-storchaka

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[ThomasGttler]

The current docs for Python2, don't explain how to handle unicode:

https://docs.python.org/2/library/urllib.html#urllib.urlencode

It seems to be a common problem. See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6480723/urllib-urlencode-doesnt-like-unicode-values-how-about-this-workaround

It would be nice to document the most pythonic way to handle unicode in urllib.urlencode()

[serhiy-storchaka]

Python 2.7 is no longer supported.