# HG changeset patch
# User paulb
# Date 1202068645 0
# Node ID 73e60be1e6305a50f5e69453264758563ecd56a3
# Parent  140d4468641b8af9188bae7338fe45b8b743e767
[project @ 2008-02-03 19:57:25 by paulb]
Added encode_url_without_query method.

diff -r 140d4468641b -r 73e60be1e630 WebStack/Generic.py
--- a/WebStack/Generic.py	Sun Feb 03 19:57:00 2008 +0000
+++ b/WebStack/Generic.py	Sun Feb 03 19:57:25 2008 +0000
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 directors.
 """
 
-import urllib
+import urllib, urlparse
 from WebStack.Helpers.Request import Cookie, parse_header_value, ContentType, HeaderValue
 
 class EndOfResponse(Exception):
@@ -241,6 +241,18 @@
         except UnicodeError:
             return unicode(value, self.safe_default_charset)
 
+    def encode_url_without_query(self, url, encoding=None):
+
+        """
+        Encode the given full 'url', using the optional 'encoding' (if specified) or the
+        default encoding where 'encoding' is not specified, and produce a suitable encoded
+        URL. This method effectively performs URL-encoding on the path of 'url', leaving
+        the protocol scheme and host information intact.
+        """
+
+        scheme, netloc, path, query, fragment = urlparse.urlsplit(url)
+        return scheme + "://" + netloc + self.encode_path(path, encoding)
+
     def encode_path(self, path, encoding=None):
 
         """