Add Python 2.x compatibility for urllib's urlencode

diff --git a/ipythonirc/__init__.py b/ipythonirc/__init__.py
index e49b042284e45e3392e4a376c18e27640574bfb4..297d8c82082caf0435a96b1418a860e0a0e708ef 100644 (file)
--- a/ipythonirc/__init__.py
+++ b/ipythonirc/__init__.py
@@ -18,7 +18,10 @@
 """An IRC iframe using webchat.freenode.net
 """
 
-import urllib.parse as _urllib_parse
+try:  # Python 3.x
+    import urllib.parse as _urllib_parse
+except ImportError:  # Python 2.x
+    import urllib as _urllib_parse  # for urlencode
 
 import IPython.display as _IPython_display