Converting url encoded string(utf-8) to string in python? -

i have url encoded token(utf-8)= "ec%2d2ec7" , want convert "ec-2ec7" i.e convert %2d -.

>>> token = "ec%2d2ec7" >>> token.encode("utf-8") 'ec%2d2ec7' 

i tried urllib.quote same result. problem token in utf-8 can't convert? can do?
python version: 2.7.10

you can use urllib.unquote:

from urllib import unquote  print unquote("ec%2d2ec7") 

another way use requests.utils.unquote:

from requests.utils import unquote  print unquote("ec%2d2ec7") 

output:

ec-2ec7