Are there any alternatives that are similar to `.replace()` but that allow you to pass more than one old substring to be replaced? 

I have a function with which I pass video titles so that specific characters can be removed (because the API I'm passing the videos too has bugs that don't allow certain characters): 

```
def videoNameExists(vidName):
    vidName = vidName.encode("utf-8")
    bugFixVidName = vidName.replace(":", "")
    search_url ='https://api.brightcove.com/services/library?command=search_videos&video_fields=name&page_number=0&get_item_count=true&token=kwSt2FKpMowoIdoOAvKj&any=%22{}%22'.format(bugFixVidName)

```

Right now, it's eliminating `":"` from any video titles with `vidName.replace(":", "")` but I also would like to replace `"|"` when that occurs in the name string sorted in the `vidName` variable. Is there an alternative to .replace() that would allow me to replace more than one substring at a time?