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+++ b/src/server/utils.py	Fri Nov 17 12:10:56 2017 +0100
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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+# Libervia: a Salut à Toi frontend
+# Copyright (C) 2011-2017 Jérôme Poisson <goffi@goffi.org>
+
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
+
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+import urllib
+
+
+def quote(value):
+    """shortcut to quote an unicode value for URL"""
+    return urllib.quote_plus(value.encode('utf-8')).replace('%40','@')