Create encdec.py

encdec.py

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+#! usr/bin/python3
+
+import sys,getopt
+import urllib.parse
+import re
+
+def encdec(argv):
+	toEncode=''
+	toDecode=''
+
+	try:
+		opts,args = getopt.getopt(argv,"h:e:d:",["enc=","dec="])
+	except getopt.GetoptError:
+		print ('encdec.py -e <string/url to encode> -d <string/url to decode>')
+		sys.exit(2)
+
+	for opt,arg in opts:
+		if opt == '-h':
+			print ("""encdec.py -e '<string/url to encode>' -d '<string/url to decode>'""")
+			sys.exit()
+
+		elif opt == '-e':
+			toEncode = str(arg)
+
+			whitespace = re.search(' +', toEncode) #search if passed argument has whitespace or not
+			if whitespace:
+
+				encodedString = urllib.parse.quote_plus(toEncode,safe='')
+				print('-------------------')
+				print(encodedString)
+				print('-------------------')
+			else:
+
+				encodedString = urllib.parse.quote(toEncode,safe='')
+				print('-------------------')
+				print(encodedString)
+				print('-------------------')
+
+
+		elif opt == '-d':
+			toDecode = str(arg)
+
+			decodedString = urllib.parse.unquote(toDecode)
+			print('-------------------')
+			print(decodedString)
+			print('-------------------')
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	encdec(sys.argv[1:])