py有标准的urllib库
测试如下
IDLE 2.6.6
>>> import urllib
>>> s = '/search?keyword=测试'
>>> s2 = urllib.quote(s)
>>> print s2
/search%3Fkeyword%3D%B2%E2%CA%D4
>>> s3 = urllib.unquote(s2)
>>> print s3
/search?keyword=测试
>>>