Python URL decoding?
<p>In javascript I do the following:</p>

<pre><code>encodeURIComponent(comments)
</code></pre>

<p>while in Python i do the following:</p>

<pre><code>urllib2.unquote(comments)
</code></pre>

<p>For some reason, when I do the following:</p>

<pre><code>encodedURIComponents('ø')
</code></pre>

<p>I get <code>%C3%B8</code>, but when I decode</p>

<pre><code>urllib2.unquote('%C3%B8')
</code></pre>

<p>I get <code>Ã¸</code> instead of <code>ø</code>, which is the original character.</p>

<p>What gives?</p>

<p>I'm on a platform that uses jQuery on client side, and Python/Django server side.</p>
