[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hey Everyone,
>
> Was just wondering if anyone here could help me. I want to encode (and
> subsequently decode) email addresses to use in URLs. I believe that
> this can be done using MD5.
>
> I can find documentation for encoding the strings, but not decoding
> them. What should I do to encode =and= decode strings with MD5?
>
> Many Thanks in Advance,
> Oliver Beattie
Depends what you mean by "encode email addresses to use in URLs". MD5
is a cryptographic one-way hash function; it creates a 'finger print'
of the input data: given this, it's impossible to reproduce the
original input.
Is this what you're looking for?
>>> import urllib
>>> urllib.quote('[EMAIL PROTECTED]')
'some.persons%40somedomain.com'
hth
Jon.
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