python default encoding code example
Example 1: python open encoding utf-8
from io import open
f = open("test", mode="r", encoding="utf-8")
Example 2: python url encoding
>>> import urllib
>>> f = { 'eventName' : 'myEvent', 'eventDescription' : 'cool event'}
>>> urllib.urlencode(f)
'eventName=myEvent&eventDescription=cool+event'