From: Lars Christensen Date: 2008-08-18T21:41:43+09:00 Subject: Re: unescaping html On Aug 18, 1:41 pm, Vivek wrote: >  Is there a method or any library which allows me to unescape encoded > html. For example If I have hi%5Bthere%5D > I should get hi[there] I think you mean encoded URL, not encoded HTML. For URL encoding, you can use URL.unescape, or CGI.unescape as Michael sugests. HTML escaping is a bit more complex, but the CGI has some methods, e.g. CGI.escapeHTML/CGI.unescapeHTML.