Encode special characters in email addresses.
Now accept email addresses with '+' character.
Bug: 33166666
Test: checkowners.py -v -c `find . -name OWNERS`
Change-Id: I7792551e6be74e942906a75344233439d4bfeca3
diff --git a/tools/checkowners.py b/tools/checkowners.py
index 8f450e7..b874955 100755
--- a/tools/checkowners.py
+++ b/tools/checkowners.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
import argparse
import re
import sys
+import urllib
import urllib2
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Check OWNERS file syntax')
@@ -29,7 +30,8 @@
def find_address(address):
if address not in checked_addresses:
- request = gerrit_server + '/accounts/?suggest&q=' + address
+ request = (gerrit_server + '/accounts/?n=1&o=ALL_EMAILS&q=email:'
+ + urllib.quote(address))
echo('Checking email address: ' + address)
result = urllib2.urlopen(request).read()
expected = '"email": "' + address + '"'