def url_escape(value: Union[str, bytes], plus: bool = True) -> str:
    """Returns a URL-encoded version of the given value.

    If ``plus`` is true (the default), spaces will be represented
    as "+" instead of "%20".  This is appropriate for query strings
    but not for the path component of a URL.  Note that this default
    is the reverse of Python's urllib module.

    .. versionadded:: 3.1
        The ``plus`` argument
    """
    quote = urllib.parse.quote_plus if plus else urllib.parse.quote
    return quote(utf8(value))
Returns a URL-encoded version of the given value.

    If ``plus`` is true (the default), spaces will be represented
    as "+" instead of "%20".  This is appropriate for query strings
    but not for the path component of a URL.  Note that this default
    is the reverse of Python's urllib module.

    .. versionadded:: 3.1
        The ``plus`` argument