How to prevent python requests from percent encoding my URLs?
It is not good solution but you can use directly string: r = requests.get(url, params=”format=json&key=site:dummy+type:example+group:wheel”) BTW: Code which convert payload to this string payload = { ‘format’: ‘json’, ‘key’: ‘site:dummy+type:example+group:wheel’ } payload_str = “&”.join(“%s=%s” % (k,v) for k,v in payload.items()) # ‘format=json&key=site:dummy+type:example+group:wheel’ r = requests.get(url, params=payload_str) EDIT (2020): You can also use urllib.parse.urlencode(…) with parameter … Read more