API call to retrieve information about a search when the search name contains brackets

[CKM]

I have been using the Splunk API from within a Python script to retrieve information about saved searches using a call to the endpoint:

hxxps://<splunk_server>/-/-/saved/searches/<name_of_saved_search>?output_mode=json

The <name_of_saved_search> has been URL encoded to deal with some punctuation (including '/'), using the Python function:

name_of_searched_search = urllib.parse.quote(search_name, safe='')

It has been working so far, but recently I encountered an issue when the name of the saved search contains square brackets (e.g. "[123] My Search")

Even after URL encoding, Splunk's API just does not accept the API call at the endpoint:

hxxps://<splunk_server>/-/-/saved/searches/%5B123%5D%20My%20Search?output_mode=json

and returns a response with HTTP status code of 404 (Not Found).

I am not sure what else I should be doing to handle the square brackets in the name of the saved search to make the API call work.