removed problems with encoded strings

export.py

@@ -21,4 +21,4 @@ conn = sqlite3.connect('db/urls.db')
 cursor = conn.cursor()
 res = cursor.execute('SELECT LONG_URL, SHORT_URL FROM WEB_URL WHERE 1') #read all data from database
 for entries in res.fetchall():
-    print(str(entries[1]).replace('"', "") + ";" + str(entries[0]).replace('"', "")) #format the data and print it to console.
+    print(str(entries[1]).replace('"', "")  + ";" + str(entries[0]).replace('"', "")) #format the data and print it to console.
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import.py

@@ -37,6 +37,6 @@ with sqlite3.connect('db/urls.db') as conn:
         LONG_URL = lines.split(";")[1].replace("\n", "").replace("\r","") #Split the CSV at the ";" then use the seccond one and replace all linebreaks
         res = cursor.execute( #Insert the data in the SQL table
             'INSERT INTO WEB_URL (LONG_URL, SHORT_URL) VALUES (?, ?)',
-            [LONG_URL, SHORT_URL]
+            [LONG_URL, SHORT_URL.lower()]
         )
         counter = counter + 1 #Add 1 to counter, for progress
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main.py

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ def home():
             return render_template('home.html', builddate=builddate, domain=domain_prepared, snackbar="Please enter a short name, before submitting this form", long_url_prefilled=request.form.get('url'), short_url_prefilled=request.form.get('short').lower(), domain_prefilled=domain_to_index[request.form.get('domain')]) #return the user the prefilled form with an error message, because no short link was provided
         shorturl = (request.form.get('domain') + "/" + request.form.get('short')).lower()
 
-        url = str.encode(request.form.get('url'))
+        url = request.form.get('url')
         with sqlite3.connect('db/urls.db') as conn: #Check if another user already used the short link
             cursor = conn.cursor()
             res = cursor.execute('SELECT LONG_URL FROM WEB_URL WHERE SHORT_URL=?', [shorturl])